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Topic: Helm Gauges Tach

Author Message Prev Topic | Next Topic  fishwww "Seaman Recruit" Joined: May 18 2005 Posts: 3 Posted: November 18 2010 at 13:38 | IP Logged Hi fellow Uniflite Owners, Any tips on changing out the Gauges? the previous owner changed out the engines.  No I have no hour meeter and am thinking of changing the Tach or learning what wire to reconnect. Hoping for tips. I have a 1983 32 SS.  Diesel. Keith <">< __________________ -<">< Ramblin' - Marina Del Rey CA Back to Top    BoatRDavid "Seaman" Joined: December 14 2006 Posts: 45 Posted: November 18 2010 at 17:09 | IP Logged Hello Keith, I have a 1984 42 SE II (DCMY).  I asked Teleflex about my tachs and was told that they were not driven by the alternators.  Teleflex was wrong!  So as of now I haven't changed anything.  I guess one of the answers depends on what drives your tachs.  I have 8.2L Detroit Diesels, but the wiring diagram indicates that my boat could have had Caterpillars.  The drawing shows a tach drive that come from an engine-mounted sender.  Maybe that was with the Caterpillars. Hour meters are wired into the ignitions wiring some how.  In the case of a diesel, they must be connected to some power that is ON when the engine is running.  I replaced the one on my genset, but I didn't have to invent anything there. DavidO __________________ David M. Oates 42 Uniflite SE II, Adventure San Francisco Bay Area Back to Top

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