Please no Bayliner Bashing - it's got nothing to do with the boat (I think).

Took the boat out last night only to discover that the tach is reading around
1000rpm at idle. I fiddled with the wires and got no results. Last time
something like this happened, I took it in (under warrenty). Any suggestions
on a fix for a neophyte DYI'er? I really don't want to take it in again (this
time I'd have to pay!)

My first inclination is to say oh well, who needs a tach anyway. The sound of
the engine tells me what I need to know, but if I can repair it myself and
with little or no $, I'd give it a try.

Tach is a US Marine mounted in a 2000 Bayliner 1950 Capri. 3.0L Mercruiser
Alpha I/O.

Thanks in advance,
Joe

On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 18:25:24 GMT, (Joseph A. Rich)
wrote:

Please no Bayliner Bashing - it's got nothing to do with the boat (I think).

Took the boat out last night only to discover that the tach is reading around
1000rpm at idle. I fiddled with the wires and got no results. Last time
something like this happened, I took it in (under warrenty). Any suggestions
on a fix for a neophyte DYI'er? I really don't want to take it in again (this
time I'd have to pay!)

My first inclination is to say oh well, who needs a tach anyway. The sound of
the engine tells me what I need to know, but if I can repair it myself and
with little or no $, I'd give it a try.

Tach is a US Marine mounted in a 2000 Bayliner 1950 Capri. 3.0L Mercruiser
Alpha I/O.

Thanks in advance,
Joe
Agree with Gould on this one. Also, you may check with the tach manufacturer. I
had a tach go bad after the boat warranty, but found that all the instruments
had a ten year warranty. I sent in the tach, they sent me a new one. For a
nominal fee ($10) I could upgrade the warranty to lifetime. I was too cheap to
do that. Besides, one of these liberal potshots might just get me sooner than
later!

John
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD

Agree with Gould on this one. Also, you may check with the tach manufacturer.
I
had a tach go bad after the boat warranty, but found that all the instruments
had a ten year warranty. I sent in the tach, they sent me a new one. For a
nominal fee ($10) I could upgrade the warranty to lifetime. I was too cheap
to
do that. Besides, one of these liberal potshots might just get me sooner than
later!

John
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD

Liberal potshots? :-)
You know why you got such a cheap deal on the tack swap, right? It's a liberal
plot.
We build in electronic chips on the units shipped to conservatives, and we can
get a fix on your location to within a two meter radius. :-)