1983 skinautiuqe toggle switches

Here's JT's expertly colored dash diagram for an 83 that shows a manual bilge pump switch with no auto feature. I figure there were auto pumps that year too

I think that Mourning Wood should dive under his dash and take a picture of his auto bilge pump switch wiring and that would be real helpful to Tyler

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MourningWood wrote: I'd be glad to.... but my boats and I are socially distanced by about an hour. Maybe tomorrow.

You're an OK guy

That extra switch is just an extra switch

It's probably the second one down from the top and it's been noted many times to go nowhere.

Kinda an extra for an accessory.

Mourning Wood could probably verify that too.

Click on the link for an old thread about this, there are others too.

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8123pbbrainard there are four separate wires connected to four different terminals. Keno your spot on bud is the second one down from top and does nothing, but there's wires going into the back of it lol doesn't make much sense but oh well I'll plug something into it and make it be useful

Give him a chance Pete

Since you keep asking him where the 4th wire goes I'll say it as many times as you've asked   

It goes to ground

It goes to ground

Now as far as why, he's got a lighted switch (or at least it was before the handle broke) . Mourning Wood already mentioned the lighted switches

One wire for power into the switch

Another for power to the bilge pump in manual

Another wire for the bilge pump float switch

And that ground wire is there because it's needed for the little internal light to have a ground path so it'll work..

The bilge pump will work just fine in manual or auto without the black ground wire hooked up on the switch

I figure if you wait on more info from MourningWood your chances of finding something exact will be better.

Maybe not great, but better anyways

Otherwise it'll be pretty easy to come up with a non lighted switch that will work

Plenty of sources come up for the switch

Perfect. I ordered some thank you guys for the help

Oh poor little Petey

I guess you make the rules on what constitutes being picked on

It's a pretty one way thing in your mind, you can just make your jabs and that's OK but if somebody points out something like the above switch having an extra terminal with no explanation of what it's for and maybe something like how to wire it right...............then you make the decision that you're being picked on...............Grow up

By the way since your "selective memory loss" is still kicked in, we'll quote this question one more time. That's Pete style by the way ...........keep on quoting yourself when somebody doesn't answer your question.

Still waiting for the answer   

8122pbrainard wrote: Ken, There's no doubt in my mind why you were kicked out of that other site.

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I guess you couldn't just say we were both correct yesterday    I think you did some learnin'

And speaking of this "other site" .........what is this "other site"? Here's the quote and lack of answer from you back in the water pump thread. It looks like you ignored it twice already

KENO wrote: KENO wrote: 8122pbrainard wrote: Ken, There's no doubt in my mind why you were kicked out of that other site. We'll give you a big WTF on this comment Pete Explain yourself Pete..............You must have missed this so here it is again Note...............this is where Pete's "selective memory loss" kicks in

   

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It's the 7:00 a.m. school bell, and I've already learned that:

The lighted accessory switches were a new feature for '83.
The 3-position bilge switch may have debuted in '83.
The '82 (non-lighted) uses a 2-terminal "PUMP" switch, even though there is a float. No battery, so I couldn't prove the circuits.
As shown, the second switch down is a on-off with a hot wire coming in, but no function. An accessory accessory switch...
Nice drive, good exercise but sorry, not much help.

As a former 83 owner I will caution you that over the last 37 years your switches have yellowed. That new one will stick out like a sore thumb. It’s not obscenely expensive to replace the whole set. You’ll need a mix of single and double throws if you go that route.

Also, FWIW I didn’t have a float switch for my bilge. My second to top switch wasn’t wired to anything. I ran it to as an on/off for the stereo. Not sure what it came like from the factory though.

hal2814 wrote: As a former 83 owner I will caution you that over the last 37 years your switches have yellowed. That new one will stick out like a sore thumb. It’s not obscenely expensive to replace the whole set. You’ll need a mix of single and double throws if you go that route. Also, FWIW I didn’t have a float switch for my bilge. My second to top switch wasn’t wired to anything. I ran it to as an on/off for the stereo. Not sure what it came like from the factory though.

I orderd all 3 singles and one double. Mine has an aftermarket bilge with a built in float

MourningWood wrote: Tydamon wrote: I orderd all 3 singles and one double. Mine has an aftermarket bilge with a built in float Too bad you couldn't have shared that little nugget of information 3 days and 53 posts ago...

Read back big guy I stated I had a bilge with a float. My reason for the post was to locate the switch I needed. Once someone helped in which I'm very thankful for I ordered all new.
Again thanks for the help