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Where do you guys have your engine instruments?
When motoring I generally sit on the starboard side with the throttle and gear shift between my legs. The fan, choke, and starter button are down by my feet in a recessed panel, and I can operate them by feel. The problem is that the instruments--tach, oil pressure, and temp--are down on the same panel as the controls and I have to bend down like I'm tying my shoes to see them. I'd really prefer something that I could check at a glance. Does anyone have a creative solution? I suppose I could just mount another panel on the other side of the cockpit, but is anyone using a digital panel or other remote system that could be easily relocated?
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I have a seat on the transom and sit behind the helm. Gauges are on prt side by in line with the binnacle. I actually have to bend forward toward the wheel, toward the stb side and glance to the prt side to see the gauges. From my perch on the stern of the boat I can see directly through the dodger and can easily make a slight move here and there to glance anywhere. All of my sails hae a slight Yankee cut for visibility, no deck sweepers. Makes life easy. In the pic I'm sitting on my perch.
Sometimes I move to one side or the other but not that often.
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I too have a seat on the transom that lets me sit behind the helm, on either side of the backstay.
Engine instruments, and depth gauge, are on the vertical face of the bridgedeck. Chartplotter, autopilot, and radio remote mic are mounted on the pedestal guard and reachable from the helm seat. Engine controls are standard Edson controls on the pedestal.
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I guess one issue is my tiller steering, which traditionally requires sitting on one side of the cockpit. So the controls are located on the side, and the instruments with them. When I think about putting them on the forward bulkhead of the cockpit, it just seems like a lot of real estate required inside.
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water temp and oil pressure are on the aft end of the cabin and can be seen from anywhere in the cockpit. (on the firewall)
Tach and ammeter are in the cabin. |
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That color doesn't show rubs, scrapes etc as clearly as a darker color...good compromise. PS, I love the 35 and the 40. Good boats.
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If my boat were fresh I’d just send ordinary data such as rpm/temp to wifi (nmea probably) and display it on the tablet. Audio alarm for anything critica amd probable shutdown. This would eliminate holes in the boat, misreading and fires common to wiring. But as it is, my boat is 50 years old and came with a holes precut and the birds nest pre-wired. As per the pic. Easy viewing.
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My best answer might end up being audible alarms for low oil pressure and high temp. The two I feel compelled to check frequently are RPM and temp (rpm for reference, temp for engine health). I could put a couple on the bulkhead but I don't want them ALL on the bulkhead.
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Oh looky here....(engine warning kit from Moyer):
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Joe, Nice tach!
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Choice~~trust or worry?
Personally I trusted the A-4, my work and the modifications I made. The only gage of the 3 mounted that registered on my panel in the cockpit was the oil pressure and since it was electric I did not trust it. I later did a complete engine re-wire and still did not trust the lone operating cockpit gage. I mounted a manual oil pressure gage to the block and never really looked at it underway unless I heard something as it was on the engine itself as was the fuel pressure gage, a must. The other gages, ammeter, tach, vacuum gage, temp and volts were mounted in the nav station below. I ran like this for over 30 years and never had a problem as the A-4 properly maintained is very trustworthy indeed. I had no fuel gage and used a stick gage for that purpose.
I did do cold starts with the engine box open and used the permanently mounted start button on the engine. I even mounted the choke below at the nav station. This way I could see and monitor the systems when starting. Once I decided everything was OK and she idled without the choke I would close her up and be on my way, with no worries!! I think that if your worried about everything you should get things upgraded until you trust the motor more than the monitoring and enjoy the ride or sail. Dave Neptune Last edited by Dave Neptune; 01-06-2021 at 11:41 AM. Reason: forgot the tach |
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Prologue: I'm currently putting some thought into how to get it running a little hotter...I'm sitting at about 120-125 under load. |
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A loud alarm is what you need, you can't always stare at the gauges.
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My point is, you need that alarm! Up until then, we had not noticed the brief overheat because we were busy undocking and not looking at the gauges. I'm guessing the PO got tired of hearing it and just disconnected it!
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That tach has its very own thread.
https://www.moyermarineforum.com/for...ese+tachometer |
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