Checking a Faria Tachometer

[sailsmanship]

I have a Faria SS Chesapeake guage set that is three years old and the tachometer is not working properly anymore. The hour meter in the lower middle works, and the tach needle moves a little through the rpm range and then sticks in the 1500 rpm position when turned off. The setting is on 8 cyclinder which the motor is. Is there any way to test if it is the tach or the sender before I buy a new tach. Also I checked all the connections and they seem good.

 

[Silvertip]

Re: Checking a Faria Tachometer

There is no sender. The tach senses pulses from the ignition system. If the tach has +12 volts and ground when the key is on, and the tach signal is present the tach should work. If it doesn't it has issues.

 

[sailsmanship]

Re: Checking a Faria Tachometer

You were right, the tach had issues. Replaced, works fine.

 

[dgirt]

Re: Checking a Faria Tachometer

May be too late, but when my Faria tach went bad on my 1984 Sea Ray in 2005, I sent it in and they replaced it for free....Not sure if that was rare or normal, but I was impressed.

 

[rwidman]

Re: Checking a Faria Tachometer

May be too late, but when my Faria tach went bad on my 1984 Sea Ray in 2005, I sent it in and they replaced it for free....Not sure if that was rare or normal, but I was impressed.

Faria instruments have a lifetime guarantee. They will repair or replace it.

My previous boat had a sticking tach. I loosened the mounting bracket and that fixed it. It must have been tight enough to distort the case just enough to make it stick.

 

[lonesouth]

Re: Checking a Faria Tachometer

Faria instruments have a lifetime guarantee. They will repair or replace it.

$50 service fee though. Just sent mine in early August.

 

[rwidman]

Re: Checking a Faria Tachometer

$50 service fee though. Just sent mine in early August.

I didn't know that. Doesn't seem like a lifetime guarantee if you have to pay to get it fixed.