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Well after soldering all the connections and wire joints (the squeeze connectors are not reliable!) I found that out on the first attempt. I can show you these pics attached below and try to explain them.

The first is where the wires came out of the shaft. They were all color coded (white, yellow, red, black). On the back of the reostat where each color pluged in it was printed by each connetion. This made it very easy to match up the right wires, especially if you use colored wire. Otherwise just mark the wire as you connect with the wire coming from the motor. The duck tape is to seal off the tube from any moisture getting inside the shaft.

The next pic is the reostat with the battery conection wires with aligator clips laying there also. The connecting points for those wires are clearly marked on the reostat as well for neg and positive (if reversed the motor will turn the wrong way). The duck tape is again to try to keep things moisture free.

I believe it will be much better when the reostat is in a box and has a mounting spot on the toon so it can be opperated easily with one hand. Water tight would be nice, too!

The next 2 pics are the motor mount I made and how it is attached to the toon frame since this frame did not have the motor attachment, only the anchor. I haven't cut the lag bolts off yet.
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OK, now you're on your way. Once you get it in the box it's a lot better protected.
Here's what I did last year. It makes for a clean and quick setup.
I put quick connects on the battery box. One connector is bolted on to the side of the box. The other connector is on the motor battery leads. Put the battery on the boat, install the motor and put the motor connector to the battery. Clean and neat.
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[black][size 3]Wow, nice work ! I like that set up.[/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]BTW - In your avatar photo, you look just like that picture of my other brother Daryl that I saw tacked up in the post office one day. Was that your high school graduation picture or just one from the year book ? In any case, the black and white has a nice humanistic touch - it shows un petit peu du lassez faire et joie de vivre.[/size][/black]
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Evil do you want me to sick fee-fee on him fer them remarks
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Don worry bout it. I think he's funnin'.
Did ya get FiFi's nails done yet?
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[black][size 3]Hey Poky-mon,[/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]Dang, you guys look an awful lot alike - you must be related. Ya know there is some speculation that my dad had his-self some wild oats a sewed out there. With yer's and Evil Ash's photos looking like my other brother Daryl, I'm starting to wonder if those stories aint kind of truthful.[/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]BTW - Nice photo of yer dog Fee-Fee. Probly a fine one too. Don't know why you'd label it the ugliest in the world, cuz I think all dogs is bee-uu-tee-full. I'll bet that yer dog don't think of itself as ugly - and I'd also suspect that neither did yer dog's mama think nothing of the kind.[/size][/black]
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[size 1]Evil her nails got done last week.

Fishhound Its the from the jordon river . we looked good when we were babies. But when we got older ma wouldn't let us go swimin at the pool cause it cost to much so we used the next best thing. Betcha ya didn't know thers a 37 year age diff between us. [/size]
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