Teleflex Tach Wire Up Help

[jasoutside]

Hi iBoats!

So I am needing to wire up this tach. It's a Teleflex Sterling and the engine it's working off of is a Mercruiser 4.3 V6 1989 vintage. The plug you see connected there may or may not have the correct corresponding colors to the gauge as I had to actually source that separate. Behind the plug would be four pins.

I searched around but I can't seem to find any kind of instruction manual on this tach.

So what goes to what to wire this up correctly? What does the "D C B A" correspond to?

Thanks in advance fellas!

 

[alldodge]

Not 100% with this but I think you have a tach for a diesel engine. Found a link at Jamestown Distributers which explains it some. Put a couple spaces in the link
http://www.jamestown distributors.com/userportal/document.do?docId=837

 

[jasoutside]

Oh man, that would be a major tragedy, I sure hope not! See, these are Starcraft specific gauges, super rare, I searched forever to find these...

I'd probably have to pull out the Mercruiser, find a fiberglass boat with a diesel in it (throw away the itchy scratchy boat obviously) and then install the diesel!

Ugh, that sound like a lot of work for a tach that says Starcraft on it eh:boink::witless::thumb:

 

[GA_Boater]

Welcome back, stranger.

I won't disagree with AllDodge, but 7000 RPM is a little high for a diesel - But I don't know for sure. If the A,B,C,D are switch settings, it doesn't look promising according to the link. But what are the chances SC had a diesel option?

Got a pic of the back?

 

[jasoutside]

Got a pic of the back?

Yup, I posted it up in my fist post there, is it not showing for you? I looks huge here on my screen.

I had to upload it to iboats as an attachment (my photobucket account is full so I can't upload any more photos there:facepalm

Yah, I sure don't recall any diesel versions of a Starcraft so I have to think this tach will work for my Merc. It must!:mad-new:

 

[NYBo]

Yup, I posted it up in my fist post there, is it not showing for you?

Nope.

 

[jasoutside]

No Title

Sheesh, I feel like such a noob right now...:facepalm:

Hi, I'm Jason, new to iboats, trying to figure out how to post photos here, hope you guys can bear with me:stupid:

OK, how bout now...

 

[GA_Boater]

Set it to 6C for the 4.3. Black is ground, red is +12, purple is the tach signal from coil and blue is the light.

We learned you good.

 

[GA_Boater]

Skip looking for an oil burner just so you can use the tach. LOL

 

[jasoutside]

Set it to 6C for the 4.3. Black is ground, red is +12, purple is the tach signal from coil and blue is the light.

We learned you good.

Yabutt, like I mentioned earlier....

" The plug you see connected there may or may not have the correct corresponding colors to the gauge as I had to actually source that separate."

So ya, the wire colors don't necessarily match what's actually happening in the gauge. As I see it I need to know what the D, C, B, A pins correspond too.

See whattamean?

 

[64osby]

http://faria-instruments.com/site_manuals/IS0012y.pdf

On the bottom of page 2 they list the "Packard Connection" with listing for D, C, B, A

Might be worth testing the light one first to see if it is correct.

Hope all is well.

 

[GA_Boater]

The Packard connector from 64's link;



I used "standard" color codes. Or was it a Ford connector?

 

[jasoutside]

Do ya think Faria and Teleflex used the same corresponding lettering?

I keep thinking there has to be a installation manual sitting around out there somewhere but I just can't seem to find it in my search:cold:

Hmmmm, worth a shot I suppose, thanks fellas!

 

[Silvertip]

Those letters are merely pin ID (no different than 1,2,3,4,). That's a generic connector and have no relationship to wire color. Only the boat manufacturer and tach manufacturer know what the relationship is but GA's table is probably correct.

 

[jasoutside]

Yup! That was exactly it!

So after some trial and error this morning, all hooked up and money!:thumb:

Even better, the trial was only one try:first:

And even better yet, the wires on the plug in fact do correspond with the functions, bonus:eagerness:

Thanks for the help guys, cheers!

 

[dozerII]

Good to see you back Jason, I'm just a little late to the party.

 

[pckeen]

Welcome back Jason.