M Wiring Woes

[Teejay]

Picked up an all-round LED bulb for the interior lights from a trucker supply outfit. Just wanted to see how much light it put out, replacing the 1141 stock bulb. Popped off the lens, stuck the LED in, no light. Hmmm. Put the 1141 back in, lit fine. Ah ha! Seem to recall that LED's are polarity sensitve (Duh!). Checked the light's socket polarity, found the pigtail was negative and the socket ground was postive. Checked the other 3 interior lights, all the same. Now it's hard to fault the assembly line worker, he just connected the black to black and white to white wires, probalby didn't even notice the lamp assy had black hot and white ground.
There wasn't enough slack in the wiring at the circuit panel to reverse the polarity there, so I had to cut the wires and reverse the polarity at the lights. I did all four in case I do decide to change all to LED's. When I removed the light above the table, the black wire pulled out of the poorly crimped connector up in the liner. Had to enlarge the hole in the liner to dig out the wire and re-crimp.
After it was dark, I put the LED in the light above the table near the mirror. It was adequate, but not great. Two of these would be better, but at $40 (cdn) ea, I think they'll have to wait a bit.

Here's a question, perhaps someone has run into this: Some parts of the interior overhead liner feels very rough to the touch, almost like sandpaper. I'm wondering if this has something to do with the mold release at the factory? Any way of smoothing it out? Tried cleaning iwth mild soap, but it didn't come off.

Also, is there any way to remove the plastic plugs that cover the bolt holes in the liner, without destroying them?
Thanks everyone.

[Divecoz]

The plugs should POP out pretty easy. If your having some difficulty use a hair dryer to "Warm" them up .I did not say burn them out BTW

[James V]

Sounds about right about the wiring. My dealier said that he fixed all of that for me. Did you find the 4 amp fuse for the pannel yet? It is by the battery, white plastic case.

You will find some manufacturing problems with the boat. This is one of the reasons it is so cheep. One of the reasons not to spend to much time cleaning and polishing and spend more time on the water.

If the stuff on the liner is "Mold Release" cleaning solvents should take it off. If it is just a less than perfect job, not much can be done. the liner is very thin. There is stuff to clean the hull that can take care of it.

[Catigale]

Also, is there any way to remove the plastic plugs that cover the bolt holes in the liner, without destroying them?
Thanks everyone.

If you pull them down just a bit and look carefully there is a release catch inside that you have to push in with a thin screwdriver - you cant just pry them out...once you get one out this is easier to understand. Look for the small tang on the inner diameter after you pull it down a bit....