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Marsh posted 11-10-2004 01:21 PM ET (US)
My bow light would intermittently work only, if I jiggled/pressed down on the lens after removing the metal hood. I found a ground problem due to bad connection between the bulb grounding "crown" inside the lens, and this filament wire that goes down the inside of the lens down to the base ground contact.
Gave my selling dealer a call...real nice folks there at Breath's Boats in Bay St. Louis, MS.
Anyhow, after describing the problem to the salesman, and then to the parts manager, he said he would warranty the part and send me a new one right away. He had not had an opportunity to see the inside of the bow light on a newer Montauk, and said everything I described to him was unfamiliar. Then he brought up the part on some sort of parts catalog imager I guess, and could see the source of my trouble: a faulty ground due to loose connection between the filament wire connector and the bulb's metal grounding "crown" inside the lens. He said I might have been able to solder it using resin core solder (that's what I unsuccessfully tried), but he was happy to send me a new one.
All you newer Montauk owners with bow light problems: you might want to check out the conductivity between the bulb grounding "crown" inside the lens, and this filament wire to the base ground contact. I'll bet some of you will find a problem there.
Later,
Chet Logan

Barney posted 11-12-2004 06:08 PM ET (US)
Chet, Finally got to check mine today, the connection was good. Jim

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Author	Topic: Bow light fix for '04 Montauk 170: try this
Marsh	posted 11-10-2004 01:21 PM ET (US) My bow light would intermittently work only, if I jiggled/pressed down on the lens after removing the metal hood. I found a ground problem due to bad connection between the bulb grounding "crown" inside the lens, and this filament wire that goes down the inside of the lens down to the base ground contact. Gave my selling dealer a call...real nice folks there at Breath's Boats in Bay St. Louis, MS. Anyhow, after describing the problem to the salesman, and then to the parts manager, he said he would warranty the part and send me a new one right away. He had not had an opportunity to see the inside of the bow light on a newer Montauk, and said everything I described to him was unfamiliar. Then he brought up the part on some sort of parts catalog imager I guess, and could see the source of my trouble: a faulty ground due to loose connection between the filament wire connector and the bulb's metal grounding "crown" inside the lens. He said I might have been able to solder it using resin core solder (that's what I unsuccessfully tried), but he was happy to send me a new one. All you newer Montauk owners with bow light problems: you might want to check out the conductivity between the bulb grounding "crown" inside the lens, and this filament wire to the base ground contact. I'll bet some of you will find a problem there. Later, Chet Logan
Barney	posted 11-12-2004 06:08 PM ET (US) Chet, Finally got to check mine today, the connection was good. Jim