I was able to put in a few more good days of work and I am glad to finally say that I have brought this project to a close. After this, I should have gained enough experience to be a government engineer since it was completed 2 months late and way over budget....
I'm not sure if I mentioned it earlier, but I decided to tear out all the old Garmin electronics due to the fact that I was able to re-purpose the existing B60 transducer. I just do not have the time, or the funds, to deal with the new transducer that I want. It worked out for the best because I was able to clean up much of the console wall from all of the black boxes. I reached back out to NewWire Marine to have them make up a panel for my SIMRAD. Yes, the mini SIMRAD looks rather silly in that large space, but an upgrade to a 12" will have to wait until more funds can be appropriated. I haggled with myself about making my own out of starboard or UMHW, but decided to just plunk down the cash and save some valuable time.
I also had them make a panel to cover the gaping hole where the old breaker panel used to be. I used the old panel dimensions, but I wish I would have made it a little bigger.
A final glory shot of the wiring. I placed everything on a hinged panel that folds up into the console. I'm hoping I can use the reverse side for black-box mounting such as my autopilot computer and sonar hub. I have not closed up the large hole yet, but I saved the old piece and I think I will just make a frame and put it back into place for now.
Here is a pic folded up. I got some hood clamps for a Jeep from Amazon. I glued on some teak blocks with epoxy to give me a little more meat for the screws to dig into... I was afraid I would go right through the gel coat on the other side.
The FELL MOB is in place, but I have not wired it up yet. Maybe next time. I got some white carbon fiber vinyl wrap to cover the gauge panel, and decided to use a little piece for the key panel. It looks OK. I hope it stands up to the test of time. A new Yamaha panel will cost about $60. A NewWire Marine panel will be about $75.
Last up was the plumbing.... My new parts came in and took me about 3 hours to plumb everything up. New hoses all the way from the through hull to the livewell, to the washdown. I also hooked up the fresh water that was completely disconnected. It's nice to be able to actually turn the seacock in case I had a real emergency. I wish I had more photos of the completed work, but I just wanted to get this over with...
I'm happy to say that everything worked! Except for one blunder..... Somehow, I plumbed the washdown pump to the livewell, and the livewell pump to the washdown.... That had my wheels spinning for about 30 minutes.... I don't know if there is enough hose to just swap the connections and I used all of it. I am half temped to just swap the buttons on the switch panel, but my OCD will not allow it because ALL of my wiring labels will be wrong. I'm sure I'll end up getting another few feet of hose and just fix it right. Doh!
After all that, I got her outside to test all the plumbing and bilge pumps. Other than the error I mentioned above, everything else worked as designed. The bilge pumps worked great and had no problem keeping up with 3 garden hoses running full blast.
There is still much more I want to do (courtesy lights, underwater lights, livewell lights). But I'm happy to say that I finally got it usable and fishable in time for the Red Snapper opener. I think I'll save some of those projects for next winter or rainy days.
Next up; I want to do some general engine maintenance. Other than changing the lower unit oil and fuel water separators, I have not done anything since I took ownership of this 13 months ago. I want to do a full impeller and hosing update, plugs, and maybe some internal filters.
I would like to close by saying thanks to everyone here on the board for cheering me on and keeping me motivated. Special thanks to those who contributed with ideas along the way.