Tach hook up on 1990 Evinrude 115 hp

hnewton

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I am trying to hook up the tachometer on my 1990 Evinrude 115hp and can't figure out which wire to attach. The SELOC wiring diagram is no help. Any ideas? The boat (1988 Bayliner center console) came with a Force motor, which was replaced at sometime with this Evinrude, so any wires on the boat schematics are useless.

Thanks.
 

lmuss53

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There might be a plug on the back of your controller that you can get a pigtail for to hook to the tach, It is located on the face of the rear of the controller under the key switch. If you find that and can get the pigtail, it will have three wires coming out of it, the gray wire is the signal wire and goes to the signal or pulse post on the back of the tach, the black is a ground and goes to the ground or - post on the tach and the third wire (Brown ? maybe) goes to the power post on the tach, If not the gray wire is the signal from the stator and goes to the signal or pulse post on the tach, one more wire is power for the tach which is 12 volts from a switched wire, one more is a ground, a forth may be 12 volts for the lights that comes from a dash or running light switch. If you have to dig the gray wire out it is in the controller or under the engine cover on the power strip, it will have a yellow or yellow striped wire coming to it.

If you have the old Force tach the setting is probably not the same and you'll have to look up the pulse setting for your motor and adjust the switch on the back of the tach.
 
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emdsapmgr

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If your OMC control box has the plug receptacle under the key switch, you need to purchase this tach wiring pigtail from Bombardier: 174732. One end plugs into the control box, the other ends attach to the tach. The harness is 63" long.
 

lmuss53

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If you have the plug get the pigtail. it makes the install much easier. Thanks for finding the number emdsapmgr.
 

hnewton

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Pulled tach.....................finally. Plug has wires as you described- gray to sense/purple to ign/black to ground and blue to light. However, there is a 5th wire to an EI or EJ post which is an "evinrude/Johnson only" post according to the legend on the rear of tach. Not sure where it comes from, it is black, but previous owner has mixed colors, so not sure where this comes from. The purple has 12v when key is on. What should the gray and one attached to the (ei or ej) post read when engine is running. I suspect a bad tach because there is a pin hole in gray wire on the engine apparently from tester. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. Just retired from my second career, corrections, so now I have plenty of time to get boat fixed up.
 
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