Tach hook up again!

[MTboatguy]

The Starcraft I just purchased a couple of weeks ago, came with a 50hp Evinrude Lark and the original controls that came with the boat when it was new, I pulled a OMC tach from another boat I just junked and I have been reading up on hooking gages up. I have read that some of the control boxes have the pulse wire in it for the tach, but I am not sure what year they started doing that in, so in a 73 control box would that wire be in there?

Sure would make easier if it is! Then running wires back to the engine.

Thanks.

 

[sam am I]

Looks like it should be in there.........BTW, Cherry crop (Lamberts...yum) good this year? Think we're headed through Polson with the G. kids during the festival then up to Kalispell for an overnight. Maybe take them to the Voxtec house :laugh:

 

[GA_Boater]

Are J/E controls of this vintage like Merc controls with a small plug on the control box for tach power/gnd/signal?

 

[MTboatguy]

Looks like it should be in there.........BTW, Cherry crop (Lamberts...yum) good this year? Think we're headed through Polson with the G. kids during the festival then up to Kalispell for an overnight. Maybe take them to the Voxtec house :laugh:

Thanks for the diagram.

As far as cherries, have not heard anything on the news, so the crop should be good this year, normally if we have problems with the crop there are news stories night and day about it. So you should be good to go!

 

[MTboatguy]

Are J/E controls of this vintage like Merc controls with a small plug on the control box for tach power/gnd/signal?

I will have to check, I think it was later that they added those.

 

[sam am I]

Thanks for the diagram.

As far as cherries, have not heard anything on the news, so the crop should be good this year, normally if we have problems with the crop there are news stories night and day about it. So you should be good to go!

No worries and thx MT, no news is good news!!