-another quick easy tach question-

[budsbud66]

I finnaly got my boat out of storage.. and i plan on doing alot of work tommrow. so you guys can expect me to be hammering this forum with questions..<br /><br />1984 65hp commercial<br />what wire do i run the tach too??<br />Should i use the 2 or 6 pulse setting??<br /><br />thanks guys..!! i hope i get everything workin tommrorow

 

[Joe Reeves]

Re: -another quick easy tach question-

6 pulse.<br /><br />What color wires do you have on that tach?

 

[ezeke]

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If you have the 1984 control, there is a plug below the key for the tach. It has three holes and is rounded with a flat area. Basically it supplies 12V for light, negative ground, and the sender signal from the rectifier. <br /><br />If you don't have the assembly, just remember that the signal impulse comes from the rectifier at the engine through a grey wire in the harness.<br /><br />Even if you use a different tach, you can usually get the wiring harness for your control from your Evinrude dealer.

 

[ezeke]

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Apologies Joe, didn't think to ask the questions.

 

[budsbud66]

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oh, They make a harness that just plugs in?<br />The tach has no wires just a 12+ / ground - and the P terminal...<br /><br />This is what i got from ezeke.. i just route into the Gray wire coming off the rectifer?

 

[ezeke]

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Better to use a harness from the control. The grey wire is already in the control.<br /><br />Iboats sells a Teleflex Harness IH14767 for your control.<br /><br />You can also rig your wiring from inside the control without the harness. <br /><br />Unless there is a problem, I don't recommend running another set of wires from the motor - you should already have what you need at your control.

 

[budsbud66]

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Teleflex Harness IH14767<br /><br />42$ dollars.. thats insanity!<br />Cant i just splice into the sending wire? and run my pos+ to my master power? and run my ground to a ground? Buying that harness seems like the ultra lazy way of doing it.

 

[ezeke]

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"You can also rig your wiring from inside the control without the harness"<br /><br />"Unless there is a problem, I don't recommend running another set of wires from the motor - you should already have what you need at your control."

 

[budsbud66]

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Ok guys, im revamping this thread because i had some issues during installation of this tach, this is what i did exactly so if i did something wrong let me know..<br /><br /><br />the wires from the rectifier go to that black strip that is labled 1-2-3-4-5 the back strip has a gray. plain gray wire on it. i simple ran a wire from that terminal and ran it to the "P" terminal on my tach. and hooked the tack up to the battery using aligators.. i started the motor and made sure the tach was on 6 pulse..<br /><br />the tach did nothing..<br />i played with it from 2-6 pulse and it made the tach go from 0 to max. with no tach reading.<br /><br />bad tach? or bad hookup???<br /><br />It says its for a 12 pole alt. Perhaps this is the problemo??????????????????

 

[rickdb1boat]

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Is your charging system working OK? Might check that before condeming the Tach.....