Jeff's 1998 Ski Nautique Restoration

[NautiqueJeff]

No, it didn't get recovered. I wish it had, but that is quite difficult to do.

They made new panels for the front, and created new drip-mold cover plates. I was missing the one on the right side completely, and the left side was not in great shape.

[keithh2oskier]

Did you get a chance to ski behind it?

[NautiqueJeff]

Not yet, but very soon! Now that I have a dash, I can get the new PerfectPass working, and then my wife will finally drive it!

[NautiqueJeff]

OK, now it is down to the wiring. I will have to attack that another day. I need to get to bed so I can get up and make the round trip to Roswell and back tomorrow to pick up the 2017 PN G23.

Really happy with how these new panels turned out. Notice they don't show any fasteners!

[NautiqueJeff]

OK, got all of the dash wiring moved over to the new panel, and wired in the PP display and Master Module.

Dash is ready to bolt on now!

[zoah]

I need a set. Can we buy them?

[NautiqueJeff]

Finally installed the dash today.

I ran two new ground wires from the engine block to the dash to counteract the known issue of undersize grounds that cause issues, especially as they get older, and especially when you add PerfectPass.

I installed a new ground bus, and wired all of the gauges and breakers to that, and I gave PerfectPass its own dedicated ground. I now show a steady 13.5 volts on the PerfectPass gauge, and about the same on the voltmeter on the dash.

I installed the PerfectPass Master Module in the spot where the stereo used to be in the dash, which is completely covered up with the new dash panel now.

I wired in the Roswell NightWater Pro underwater light to ACCY 2 on the dash switch panel. ACCY 1 is the 12-volt plug, ACCY 3 will be the Roswell Cybox and the remote turn-on for the amp. ACCY 4 will be left open for now. The Roswell R1 speakers have RGB lights in them, so I wired those into the Courtesy Lights switch on the dash panel. Now the speakers light up when the courtesy lights come on.

I think I somehow fried my oil pressure gauge and my temperature gauge though. I did a LOT of wiring under the dash, so I probably had something set up incorrectly that took out those gauges. They used to work, but they are dead now, and I know the wiring is correct. All other gauges work great!

I installed a new Full Throttle Package steering wheel as well. I need to get the matching throttle knob the next time I am at the factory.

I also tried out the new trailer today! Love it!

[keithh2oskier]

Looks great. Congrats.

[ScooterMcgavin]

Looks gorgeous and great job on everything, attention to detail at its best.

[t.franscioni]

^^^ Absolutely! The gold standard in restoration... Im
going to miss checking my phone everyday for jeffs 1998 nautique restoration updates!

[NautiqueJeff]

Thanks, everyone!

I tested out the Roswell Nightwater Pro underwater light tonight. Wow, is this thing bright, especially for just a single 2" light!

[NautiqueJeff]

FINALLY got to ski behind it!!

[T-Rex]

You got lucky with the weather!

[NautiqueJeff]

Today I ordered the replacement temperature and oil pressure gauges from NautiqueParts. I also pulled the dash back out of the boat and decided to clean up the wiring a little more than I had already.

From the factory, the purple power wires to all of the gauges (power with ignition breaker and key on) are all daisy-chained! Same thing with the blue power wires for the lights. The ground wires for the gauges are the same as well! Many of these use spade connectors, and many of the factory connections have two or three wires joined together at each connection. The wiring from the factory isn't marine grade, and the connectors are not adhesive or shrink connectors.

I removed all of this factory wiring, and installed three bus bars -- one for the grounds, one for the purple power wires, and one for the blue power wires for the lights in the gauges. I then ran all new wiring to each gauge individually, and installed the proper connectors on each end. I eliminated spade connectors where possible and replaced with ring terminals with adhesive and shrink. The only place I couldn't install ring terminals was on the light connections on the gauges.

I also adjusted the light sockets a bit so that everything was nice and tight, and now all of the lights work properly.

I also ordered the NauticLaugic AirGLide GPS retrofit kit for the one AirGuide speedometer I still have in place. This eliminates the air lines and pitot tubes, and allows the speedometer to be GPS accurate at all times. This is especially beneficial for me because we have a muskrat that lives near our dock, and he loves to eat rubber lines. He destroyed my pitot tubes last week!

[Flyindutchman]

Hahaha. Muskrat...what a maroon!


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