[omc-boats] Re: omc-boats-digest V1 #238

Congratulations! The tach is probably OK and I would go over the wiring to
the tach or from the sender which I think would be the coil although I am
not sure. Tom K.
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> omc-boats-digest Thursday, February 10 2005 Volume 01 : Number
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> [omc-boats] Back up and running!!
> Re: [omc-boats] Back up and running!!
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> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 21:23:18 -0800
> From: "Scott Veazie" <scottveazie@...>
> Subject: [omc-boats] Back up and running!!
>
> Good news! I have gotten my original intake manifold with new gaskets
> back
> on the motor, with a new power valve in my rebuilt carb, and have gotten
> it
> tuned correctly for idle on the water. Seems to running just as good was
> before (which it ran great) but not leaking gas anymore. When tuning the
> motor I had it tied to the dock, in gear with RPM around 550. This is
> when
> I discovered that my tach is way off, right now it says that at idle I'm
> at
> 1100 which is bogus. Any ideas how to correct this? Since I seem to have
> gotten the motor back in order, my attention turns back to interior resto,
> with new "astroturf" from Home Depot, but in dark grey instead of green.
> Also, I plan on buying new back to back seats since it's way cheaper than
> redoing the originals. I'm looking for matching Johnson script badges for
> both sides since I'm missing one of mine on the port bow, anybody have a
> pair? Also, anybody have an original speedometer and tach? Thanks!!
>
> ~Scott
>
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> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 08:36:58 -0700
> From: <lib1@...>
> Subject: Re: [omc-boats] Back up and running!!
>
> Some of the tachometers had a jumper on the back to configure them for
> various cylinder or PPM combinations.
> Check to see if that maybe the problem. In the meantime, you can hookup a
> dwell/tach test meter to confirm the actual RPM back at the coil.
>
> Lee
>
>
>
> - ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Veazie" <scottveazie@...>
> To: <omc-boats@...>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:23 PM
> Subject: [omc-boats] Back up and running!!
>
>
>> Good news! I have gotten my original intake manifold with new gaskets
>> back on the motor, with a new power valve in my rebuilt carb, and have
>> gotten it tuned correctly for idle on the water. Seems to running just
>> as
>> good was before (which it ran great) but not leaking gas anymore. When
>> tuning the motor I had it tied to the dock, in gear with RPM around 550.
>> This is when I discovered that my tach is way off, right now it says that
>> at idle I'm at 1100 which is bogus. Any ideas how to correct this?
>> Since
>> I seem to have gotten the motor back in order, my attention turns back to
>> interior resto, with new "astroturf" from Home Depot, but in dark grey
>> instead of green. Also, I plan on buying new back to back seats since
>> it's
>> way cheaper than redoing the originals. I'm looking for matching Johnson
>> script badges for both sides since I'm missing one of mine on the port
>> bow, anybody have a pair? Also, anybody have an original speedometer and
>> tach? Thanks!!
>>
>> ~Scott
>>
>>
>
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> End of omc-boats-digest V1 #238
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Received on Thursday, 10 February 2005