Tafflad
Chief Petty Officer
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- Oct 23, 2007
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I have a Monterey 194FS ..
I have a practical issue ... the speedo is far too wide reading, it's a nice 5" gauge, but due to fact it has trim gauge taking up part of it, and it is set for 0 - 65mph
It means the speedo needle although on a nice big 5" gauge only has a travel of 180 degrees not the 300 degrees you would get on other gauges.
It is very difficult to read when you want to hold it at 18 or 22 mph for example, which is where most of my boating is done (wakeboarding fro example)
50% of the needle travel goes from 0-50mph ....
WOT on my boat will only get me to 44 mph ..... so in excess of 50% of travel is redundant for me.
It would obviously be much better if I can get a 0-50 mph, and better than 190 degree needle swing.
I have a couple of Q's ....
#1 What make are these gauges (i.e. manufacturer) - anybody know, tell from picture
# Anybody know if I can can get a gauge with better speed spread i.e 0-50 mph
# Can I get a better arc of swing > 180 degree
I could discard it and install Perfect pass, but then lose the trim gauge.
I have a practical issue ... the speedo is far too wide reading, it's a nice 5" gauge, but due to fact it has trim gauge taking up part of it, and it is set for 0 - 65mph
It means the speedo needle although on a nice big 5" gauge only has a travel of 180 degrees not the 300 degrees you would get on other gauges.
It is very difficult to read when you want to hold it at 18 or 22 mph for example, which is where most of my boating is done (wakeboarding fro example)
50% of the needle travel goes from 0-50mph ....
WOT on my boat will only get me to 44 mph ..... so in excess of 50% of travel is redundant for me.
It would obviously be much better if I can get a 0-50 mph, and better than 190 degree needle swing.
I have a couple of Q's ....
#1 What make are these gauges (i.e. manufacturer) - anybody know, tell from picture
# Anybody know if I can can get a gauge with better speed spread i.e 0-50 mph
# Can I get a better arc of swing > 180 degree
I could discard it and install Perfect pass, but then lose the trim gauge.
