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« on: May 07, 2013, 07:20:15 PM »
Please excuse my neebie question. I just bought a 1979 pioneer 20 with a 460 harman engine I took it out for a test run on Saturday to Elsinore after about an hour of running the boat it died. So I opened the engine cover to check it out and found the split loom and wires had melted on the choke block off plate of the intake manifold.
No signs of the wires shorting out causing them to melt since it only melted in one spot. It is just weird to me that a boat that old is just having this problem. It's not a big deal to fix the wires and build a a stand off to hold the wires off of the intake manifold. I guess my question is is there anything else I should look for that could of caused this as you see many engine with the harness running next to the intake manifold/valve cove.
Oh yea the engine temp was 160 so I can't blame it on that
Thanks