Gauges not working

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Osubauer
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Gauges not working

#1 Post by Osubauer » Sun Aug 07, 2016 5:07 pm

The gauges which read engine info (tachometer, hour meter, trim) are not working. The tachometer and trim gauges respond to the initialization when key is turned on but nothing after. I assume it's a signal issue and not a fuse since they do the initialization. They are Faria analog gauges connected to a Mercury Verado 150. Any ideas where to start troubleshooting?
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Re: Gauges not working

#2 Post by rob28 » Sun Aug 07, 2016 5:42 pm

If they're all analogue gauges, and this fault is common across all the gauges it may be a bad ground.
Not sure how they are connected to though. Did you get a wiring diagram with the boat or motor?
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Re: Gauges not working

#3 Post by Drago » Mon Aug 08, 2016 2:20 pm

definitely crawl under the helm and wiggle some wires. Especially the ground wires coming from gauge cluster.
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Re: Gauges not working

#4 Post by curtiscapk » Tue Aug 09, 2016 6:19 am

try this.
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