Hello everyone I would like to thank you all for the great posts on this site. I can’t tell you how much your forum has helped me through my great journey and adventure to rebuild my Atomic4 engine.
Armed only with the MMI service manual and a great supply of first hand world class knowledge from this forum I started out one day with only a tune-up in mind and one year later I am almost finished with a total engine rebuld. I have replaced or rebuilt every system on the engine. I have painted the engine room, cleaned out the gas tank and will replace my through the hulls when we pull her out soon for a bottom paint job and then we can start on a total cabin refit.
I am now faced with a problem that I hope someone can offer some advice. My above deck instrument panel is the original equipment and is in extremely poor condition. I assumed I would replace all of the gauges with Stewart Warner because the ISSPRO brand was unfamiliar to me. The Stewart Warner gauges have a bare metal ring and the ISSPRO have a coated black rim. When I took a better look at the original equipment they look like they were bult better able to withstand the weather and they are not bare metal.
My question is, did I make a mistake buying the SW gauges with a steel ring or is there a special mounting for replacement gauges. My fear is that they will not stand up to exposed tropical conditions above decks and perhaps I should have replaced the hole panel from Catalina Direct for about 580.00 and change and just eat the SW gauges and chalk it all up to experience.
I will be posting a complete photo story of my adventure soon.
Armed only with the MMI service manual and a great supply of first hand world class knowledge from this forum I started out one day with only a tune-up in mind and one year later I am almost finished with a total engine rebuld. I have replaced or rebuilt every system on the engine. I have painted the engine room, cleaned out the gas tank and will replace my through the hulls when we pull her out soon for a bottom paint job and then we can start on a total cabin refit.
I am now faced with a problem that I hope someone can offer some advice. My above deck instrument panel is the original equipment and is in extremely poor condition. I assumed I would replace all of the gauges with Stewart Warner because the ISSPRO brand was unfamiliar to me. The Stewart Warner gauges have a bare metal ring and the ISSPRO have a coated black rim. When I took a better look at the original equipment they look like they were bult better able to withstand the weather and they are not bare metal.
My question is, did I make a mistake buying the SW gauges with a steel ring or is there a special mounting for replacement gauges. My fear is that they will not stand up to exposed tropical conditions above decks and perhaps I should have replaced the hole panel from Catalina Direct for about 580.00 and change and just eat the SW gauges and chalk it all up to experience.
I will be posting a complete photo story of my adventure soon.
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