Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Wiring/cable boot cover on Outboard motors - -?
I feel stupid asking this question, having been a lifelong boater, I just don't know the proper term for this accessory but I can describe it and hopefully someone can tell me its "official" name so that I can try to find it for sale online or at Boatersworld/etc - There is a flexible (usually black) plastic tubular cover that has ridges all around it, much like a slinky or an elecric dryer's flexible exhaust piping - It covers all the messy wiring, hoses and cables that come out of the front of your outboard motor, and usually just runs over to the side of the transom somewhere, where the wiring and cables drop inside the hull or flooring and go wherever they need to. My boat has a dealer installed Mercury 135hp Optimax outboard, but for some reason during installation, you can see where they took a razor and cut off the plastic cover at the front of the engine, probably so they could modify or work on the wiring for some reason. They should have really replaced the flex cover, and its been bugging me for a long time now - I am hoping these wiring covers have a cut underneath on the bottom so that you can just "pop" the cover over all your wiring (versus a solid piping that you'd have to disconnect every wire/cable from the engine and run each one thru the cover.) - Any istance on the name of this item and maybe where I could buy the covers online or at a boating store - Thanks !!!
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