another day in the life of DD

[DonDon]

It was one of those days where you just shoulda stayed in bed, that's a fact.
It started out good. Got up at 4:30, went out unhooked the charger, loaded the boat up and made sure I had fresh batteries for the aerator since I was wanting to drown a few minners. Got to Q & M, picked up 75 minners and headed out to the boat. Hummm, this aerator is fried, OH, I got a back up one. Changed the batteries out and CRAP, this un don;t werk either. Back inside the store I go to get an el cheapo $9 one to get through the day. Got it all setup and off to barnett I go.
Pull up, unhook the boat and park the truck. Once I got to the boat and was about to shove off. DANGIT, forgot the H Bird. Back up the hill and across the parking lot I go. Wheww, ready to go. Turn on the 997 and UH OHHH, no GPS signal. Put some Dielectric grease on it, shoved it back in and still no signal. MORE grease and a few more times of plugging in, turning on and still no signal and I said to heck with it, I'm going somewhere and try to catch a fish.
HUMMM, like ES said the other day. they forgot to add on the 1 before the 1-5 MPH on the winds. I got half way up to 3 Prong where I was gonna try and fish and there was 1-2 foot rollers already. NOPE, not gonna deal with waves like that and get all pissy. I turned around and headed to the Bay, got setup and started using the SI to try and stay on the channels edge. NOPE, not a bite in an hour so I put the poles up, put the bimini top up and got my cranking stuff ready.
Here's where it got even worse. I turned the key on and BEEEEEPPPPPP, OH CRAP, that's the no oil sensor cause it was peeing real good. Went up front and got out bout a 1/3 of a gallon of oil and put it all in my oil reserve under the cowling and cranked it back up. Turned the key and BEEEPPPPPPPPPPP. AAAHHHH still ain;t stopped. I figger it just needs to be run a sec to get it to clear itself. Ran it for maybe 2 minutes and it's still going off so I shut the motor down, put out the TM and the cranking rods.
Trolled all the way form the Bridge at Pelahatchie bay along the dam back to Cock of the Walk and only 1 catfish bit the whole time, NO CRAPPIE. Twasent a good day at all. I called Torch, WB and Major trying to see if they knew wheat the screaming beep was and Torch said oil. That's what I figured it was. Anyway. After sitting all the way back (and 2 hours later) every time I turn the key on, it starts screaming so it's got to be the sensor. Ima go get a gallon of oil and add it to the gas in the 50:1 ratio to make sure it's getting oil. HOPE that stops the beeping crap.
Question, does the sensor measure oil coming out of the oil reserve or does it measure oil in the gas? She's going into the shop next week after the tourney to get that and the other lectrical probs I got checked out. I just don't know enough about all this to fix it.

Here's a LIST of the problems.
bait tank Aerator is not working
Bilge pump ain't werking
Motor screaming
Running lights on the boat aren't working
Trailer running lights ain't werking but the turn signals and brake lights are

["G"]

maybe, just maybe.....when you got that 200 gal of salt water in the boat the other day....it messed up your wireing

[DonDon]

I HOPE it's just some corosion G. I hosed the boat down real good and put the flapper thingy on the water intake, then ran it for bout 20 minutes.

[DonDon]

12 1/2 pound Briskett on the egg for 13 hours at 225. MMMMMMM

[crappiholic]

Go buy a new boat and you want have these problems.

[DonDon]

Can't afford a new truck, let alone a new boat. I love my boat personally. Just what I want

[Wannabe...]

Don't sweat it DD. Ain't nothing a thousand dollar bill can't fix.

Wannabe...

[4THETHUMP]

I'm with you dd . I was up there friday evening and didn't even try to get the boat in . Went saturday morning it was just as bad . When your trying to fishing aand your trolling motor is coming slam out of the water it makes it a little hard to tell if you get a bite . I manage to catch ten and went to the house . Have you checked your fuses . That would explain most of your problem . Gotta love it .

[yikess]

When I had my 90 2-stroke, my low oil sensor would start to beep at the 1/3 mark on the tank. It would beep during the holeshot because of the angle of the engine and then stop but it would churp if you hit large waves or when you started to come down off plane. Used to scare the crap out of me all the time then I started keeping it almost full and the problem went away even if I didn't refill it after a couple of trips.

Other than that you have electrical issues (duh lol). At this point if I were you I would set aside one weekend and replace every terminal end you have in the boat with a marine grade, waterproof terminal that has the heat shrink feature. I would start with the main power cord by making sure it's properly tinned and the battery posts are clean then I would start replacing each end, one at at time until you knew with absolute certainity that you have good, waterproof connections everywhere. Those ends are expensive but well worth it. You have been fighting electrical issues of some sort since you have owned the boat. It's time to take a weekend off from fishing and fix it properly once and for all. Just my two cents.

[DonDon]

Did a little reading and found out that a constant BEEEPPPPP is overheating. WHY would the alarm still be going off as soon as I turn the key on after the motor sat there for say 2 hours