Hi Edd, If you're looking for a different location for the panel, ours is on the aft side of the starboard cockpit seat. I like it there. You can see it in this photo, its a Yanmar Panel: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fQN3vP3gOy4/TMzYWm1tEaI/AAAAAAAAJkg/7zuChqH0zes/s902/66_sailListings_6.jpg
Ken H. On 11 March 2013 13:16, Edd Schillay <e...@schillay.com> wrote: > Joel, > > Thanks. I guess what I'm most curious about is the gauges. I mean -- > regardless of where the signal comes fro, it's just wires sending signal, > right? Is a Universal fuel gauge different than another one? Is one tach > gauge different from another? Same as to temp. > > A glow plug button is just a button, right? I've already replaced the > ignition. (See: > http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t84cI65qdtE/TaxAHhoNrgI/AAAAAAAABdY/74WdK5ON_Rc/s1600/photo.JPG > ) > > Are you saying I can't pull my tachometer and install something like this ( > http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=469511&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&storeId=11151&storeNum=50366&subdeptNum=50390&classNum=50391#.UT4C5KWvgoY) > and it won't give me the same readings? > > I's confused. . . . . . > > > All the best, > > Edd > > > Edd M. Schillay > Starship Enterprise > C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > City Island, NY > Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log Website<http://ncc1701a.blogspot.com/> > > > > > > > > On Mar 11, 2013, at 11:55 AM, Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Edd, > > Panels and instruments are not universal. For example, Yanmar does not > have glow plugs and the tach works off the flywheel, not the alternator. > You could make a panel out of Starboard that holds the instruments and > switches you have, but to duplicate a Yanmar panel would be a major PIA. > I suspect the same would be true of the Universal panel. > Joel > > Joel > > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Edd Schillay <e...@schillay.com> wrote: > >> All, >> >> This may seem like an odd question, but I don't know anything about >> engines (hence why I sail). >> >> The Enterprise has a Universal Diesel, which runs great, but I hate the >> location of the panel. It's low in the cockpit and faces forward so if >> you're driving, you can't see the RPMs, temperature, etc. You also need to >> be either crouched over or on your knees to hold the glow plug button and >> the starter button. >> >> I'd like to, probably next year, replace and move the panel to another >> location. So here's the question: Does it have to be a Universal panel? >> There are smaller ones out there by other manufacturers. Are the >> connections for the gauges universal? >> >> All the best, >> >> Edd >> >> >> Edd M. Schillay >> Starship Enterprise >> C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B >> City Island, NY >> Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log Website<http://ncc1701a.blogspot.com/> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> > > > -- > Joel > 301 541 8551 > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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