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Only the necessities: '83 Lund Pike 16D w/35hp Johnson
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<blockquote data-quote="wmk0002" data-source="post: 499659" data-attributes="member: 13975"><p>For water pressure, you can drill and tap a fitting in the water jacket and run a hose to the gauge. </p><p></p><p>For the tach, you will need a signal wire coming off of the stator which I would suspect your motor doesn't have. You can get extended length inductive tachs but not sure they make an analog version that would match the rest.</p><p></p><p>I also doubt the motor has a temp switch on it. If it does, it prob one that is either on or off to send signal to an overheat buzzer once it hits certain temp. I can't imagine it would be a resistance based one which showed a linear reading. I'm sure there are some aftermarket options out there though or at worst some diy solutions I'm just not familiar with any.</p><p></p><p>Are you using portable fuel tanks? Not aware of any bolt on fuel sending units for those but there may be. The sending units themselves are pretty basic....the only thing with adapting one onto a portable tank is having to cut a hole in the tank to mount it which may compromise it. If you have or want to upgrade to a custom permanent metallic fuel tank, adding a sending unit is really easy. If you have a fixed plastic tank it should have a sending unit on it already or at least a place to mount one.</p><p></p><p>I like Faria gauges, personally.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wmk0002, post: 499659, member: 13975"] For water pressure, you can drill and tap a fitting in the water jacket and run a hose to the gauge. For the tach, you will need a signal wire coming off of the stator which I would suspect your motor doesn't have. You can get extended length inductive tachs but not sure they make an analog version that would match the rest. I also doubt the motor has a temp switch on it. If it does, it prob one that is either on or off to send signal to an overheat buzzer once it hits certain temp. I can't imagine it would be a resistance based one which showed a linear reading. I'm sure there are some aftermarket options out there though or at worst some diy solutions I'm just not familiar with any. Are you using portable fuel tanks? Not aware of any bolt on fuel sending units for those but there may be. The sending units themselves are pretty basic....the only thing with adapting one onto a portable tank is having to cut a hole in the tank to mount it which may compromise it. If you have or want to upgrade to a custom permanent metallic fuel tank, adding a sending unit is really easy. If you have a fixed plastic tank it should have a sending unit on it already or at least a place to mount one. I like Faria gauges, personally. [/QUOTE]
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