[Rich]

Check all the connections!

I happned to be behind my dash for a different reason, and while I was there I looked to see if any connections were loose (the boat is about 9 years old).

As I wasnn't having any symptoms, I couldn't believe what I found. One of the nuts behind the temperature guage was not even close to being tight, so the wire connector was just hanging on the guage lug loosly! The nut was about half way down the post. Luckily that guage was working perfectly, and never was a problem. But it was a problem waiting to occur.

While I was back there, I took the time to check and tighten all the connections.

So if you take the time to get behind your instraments, it wouldn't hurt to check every conection.