Your worst day working on boats is better than your best day at work. So ya had fun huh!! -----Original Message----- From: Mark House <itsmark@bresnan.net> To: Montgomery Sailboats Chat <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tue, Mar 15, 2011 5:27 pm Subject: M_Boats: Trailer Day It's been so quiet on the chat group that I thought I'd share my day with y'all. decided to fix the trailer lights on my 1977 M-17. They are almost new, LED's hat I thought would never need maintenance. I had trouble with the ground at ach light last year, but the ground wires and attaching bolts looked new. So I hecked out the car circuits, then the ground, then the trailer to car ground. ll good, but still no light. Then I noticed the former owner had several rimped connections in the wriing. One was loose, so I figured it was the roblem. I soldered the connections together on one side, but still no light. o I took the light fixture off the other side and tested it on the boat battery n my garage. Worked great! So I rigged a new ground at that light and tested. es, it was the same old ground problem. Even though the bolt looked good, It asn't connecting with the trailer. So I drilled and tapped new grounds. Then on the side I started on, I realized that the license plate was rubbing on he wiring and could not be adjusted where it wouldn't. So I built a new light racket positioned far enough away from the license that it wouldn't be a roblem. Then I had to paint the new steel parts and install. Then prime and aint again. I broke a drill bit. I cut my thumb with a knife and bled all ver my wiring. I dripped Rust-Oleum on my driveway. Tomorrow I need to go get ome fender washers to remount the license plate. I'm trying to get epoxy filler to set on the deck for my new jib track. But it ets into the 20's at night. So I set up a heater under the tarp over the boat. f it doesn't burn down, I should be able to set the track by the end of the eek. Now I'm enjoying a nice glass of red wine. After many decades of boating, most f my worst days still involve a boat trailer. Fair Winds, ark House urango, CO ______________________________________________ ttp://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats When posting, remember that there is no privacy on the Internet!