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    Tilt Trim gauge

    Hey folks

    I just installed a Merc 2.5 on my Champion 184. I installed new Faria Gauges. I got everything hooked up and the Tilt Trim gauge goes the opposite of what the T/T is doing. If it's all the way down, it shows that it's up. If it's all the way up, it shows down. I took the sensor off, rotated the paddle 180 and reinstalled it. It worked as intended till I shut the key off, then it went back to being the opposite.

    Any suggestions?

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    Lol!

    It's pretty hard to mess up. One wire to sensor... key power, ground and illumination.

    If I could flip it I would! Lol

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    Sounds like the ground wire and the sender wire got switched in the wiring harness somewhere....

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    I'll double check, but the gauges were all wired when the dash was out, and the illumination circuit works.

    The sensor on the motor just has a ground wire that is grounded at the sensor and the actual sensor wire that goes to the gauge. Which is a new wire that I ran.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DieselDood View Post
    I'll double check, but the gauges were all wired when the dash was out, and the illumination circuit works.

    The sensor on the motor just has a ground wire that is grounded at the sensor and the actual sensor wire that goes to the gauge. Which is a new wire that I ran.
    Yep.

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    Yup?

    Yup its right or yup to check or...

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    Did you get the right gauge? Some engines have senders that go from 33 - 230 OHMS, and others that go from 230-33 OHMS.........
    "One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors". Plato .

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    I bought the one for Merc.
    I just crawled under the dash. All is right.
    I must have gotten the wrong one.

    Crap.

    Thanks

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    ...what bum said. gauge salespeople don't have a clue what they are selling...

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    Quote Originally Posted by FUJIMO View Post
    ...what bum said. gauge salespeople don't have a clue what they are selling...
    Ya, the salesman in this case was Amazon over the winter. I'll check but I'm 90% sure I'm past the window of return. I may have to reach out to the gauge company directly and see if they will take care of me on it or not.

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    "One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors". Plato .

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    Interesting! I went with the 13016, looks like I needed 13017.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DieselDood View Post
    Interesting! I went with the 13016, looks like I needed 13017.
    yup. its always the opposite one, lol...

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