Guages

[Mark Sr]

Now that I took my boat out yesterday for the season,I have some issues to correct.I've got some wiring to do and I want to replace my guages.I have a 245 TM CC/98.When you guys replace your guages do you try to find the original guages or to you use new market ones? I like the looks of the Farina guages. All input welcomed and pics if any. Telfex are another.

[seabob4]

Go with Farias, Mark.  A better quality gauge, and, from what I was told, Teleflex got out of the gauge business, so what you are seeing is what's left from the last production.  And that I heard from my Teleflex steering rep...

Too bad you didn't get with Marc (flounderpounder) before his latest foray to MCL.  He picked up a nice set for Scott (gran398) for an excellent price, brand new...

[Mark Sr]

What kind where they Bob? Do I have to get guages just for Evinrude?

[Blue Agave]

I have Faria on my boat and they are great!  And no they don't have to be for a specific manufactured outboard, they are universal.

[Mark Sr]

Thanks Blue,I was looking at Faria and there's so many different types,it's confusing.

[seabob4]

The only gauge that is engine-specific is the trim gauge.  However, if you want to have "System Check" in the tach face, you have to have an OMC specific tach.  Faria makes these as well...

Mark, check out http://www.boatersland.com/faria.html  They have good prices...

[Mark Sr]

Bob,
Isn't there a seperate System Check guage (2") for Aquasport? I don't think mine is in the tach. I'll have to check when I bring it home.

[gran398]

Mark, Marc (FP) did a great job digging up my new gauges. Marc, thanks again friend

You can call Marine Connection Liquidators, ask for Jake, and mention that you are a member of CA. They will happily e-mail photos, ship reasonably, and no tax out of state. Plus...when its time to order up....they'll talk $ if you ask. Gotta like that.

I have twins, the members recommended a tach, water temp, water press per each engine, plus voltmeter and fuel gauge. Single install would be 5 gauges total.

They had some beautiful white on white Farias, white face w/ chrome dials, black on black, and black face w/ chrome dials. All brand new.

You can buy them in an "assembly" ....already mounted in brushed aluminum, says "Wellcraft, Mako, Aq" etc. for quite a bit less than the individual gauges.

Then as Marc advised, you just remove them from the panel.

Let us know how you do.

[seabob4]

Bob,
Isn't there a seperate System Check guage (2") for Aquasport? I don't think mine is in the tach. I'll have to check when I bring it home.

Mark,
They have the separate also...

[Mark Sr]

Great info Marc and Bob.
Marc,what would I expect to pay for a set of 5 with Aquasport panel from Marine Liq.

[flounderpounder225]

Great info Marc and Bob.
Marc,what would I expect to pay for a set of 5 with Aquasport panel from Marine Liq.

Mark
I am pretty sure they have a gauge panel for your year, yours is the long one correct? Goes across the console like Pete's?  I may be wrong, but I think it had Yami digital gauges in it.  A picture and email to Jake at MCL can confirm that.  Their Teleflex/Faria gauges are as follows: Water pressure: $35.  Volt/Fuel/Trim= $15 each.  Tachs:$40 or $45.  They also have the original OMC tachs with System check, I think they are $89.00 (not positive on that one, I know their Faria System Check tachs were $89).   You don't pay for the "panel" or the labor that originally went into building it, that is free, you only pay for the components installed, and they are cheaper than you could normally buy them off the shelf somewhere in a retail store.  Same goes for switch and breaker panels, you only pay for the components installed in them.  You should take a pic of yours and send it to Jake and then call him, he's a good guy to work with.  Good luck
Marc

[rucamana]

I got this panel already built and ready to install from MCL, great people, great price...
I had to do couple mods, transfered a 9 pin connector from the old panel to the new one, labeled each single cable that I had to take off and wrote in a paper where was it coming from and to where was it going. Also this panel is not plastic, the entire frame is aluminum so no more broken corners where the screw goes in.

[seabob4]

Marc,
Mark's panel, being a '98, is the rectangular one that is to port on the console, opposite the glove box to starboard..maybe.  Damn, can't remember the year we changed over!  My bad!!

[Mark Sr]

Your right Bob,mine is on the left next to glove box.It has 6 guages.My system check is a single guage.The switches are facing front on console which I don't like,I have to bend down to see what switch is what.

[Mark Sr]

Rucamana

That's a sharp looking console.I like all the switches up front.