Stinkin’ Digital Guages

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   I have a model year 2001 Sport Nautique with the digital guages.  They were replaced once on warranty several years ago.  Now the LED symbols on the speedometer intermittantly don't light up.  I haven't heard of any off warranty replacements by Teleflex.

I was thinking of installing dual analog speedometers and an analog tachometer in the center (I don't have Perfect Pass).  I like this classic look.  Has anyone done this?  Should I scrap the pitot tubes and get a paddle wheel?  Should I get a GPS system? (I run on lakes, not rivers) We don't run a slalom course and we are skiing at RPM rather than MPH and that's OK.  It's annoying though to have a nice boat with a defective guage.

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spe123 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: January-31-2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 10	Post Options Post Reply Quote spe123 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Stinkin’ Digital Guages Posted: July-19-2008 at 7:36am
	I have a model year 2001 Sport Nautique with the digital guages. They were replaced once on warranty several years ago. Now the LED symbols on the speedometer intermittantly don't light up. I haven't heard of any off warranty replacements by Teleflex. I was thinking of installing dual analog speedometers and an analog tachometer in the center (I don't have Perfect Pass). I like this classic look. Has anyone done this? Should I scrap the pitot tubes and get a paddle wheel? Should I get a GPS system? (I run on lakes, not rivers) We don't run a slalom course and we are skiing at RPM rather than MPH and that's OK. It's annoying though to have a nice boat with a defective guage.
	1985 Nautique2001 w/Chevy 454 2001 Sport Nautique

bkhallpass Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: March-29-2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4723	Post Options Post Reply Quote bkhallpass Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July-19-2008 at 1:18pm
	I replaced four times over 7 years before I finally switched them out. I swithched out to the Faria guages, but I have perfect pass. An analog swithch with pitots may be a bit more work. As I understand it, the pitots come to an electronic sensor at the stern of the boat. A wire then send the signal forward to the speedos. If you plan to install traditional analog guages, I believe the water tubes must be run from pitot to speedo. BKH
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spe123 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: January-31-2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 10	Post Options Post Reply Quote spe123 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July-19-2008 at 5:06pm
	A search on planetnautique found a good write up by Newwakesurfer who did exactly what I want to. Sorry to have rehashed old stuff, but it's new to me. By the way BKH, I rebuilt the carburetor in my older boat based on some of your posts. I hadn't realized how rough it had gotten till I started it up after the rebuild. Thanks.
	1985 Nautique2001 w/Chevy 454 2001 Sport Nautique

bkhallpass Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: March-29-2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4723	Post Options Post Reply Quote bkhallpass Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July-19-2008 at 6:15pm
	Well, glad I could help, though a little confused. There are some real carb gurus around here, but I'm not one of them. Have a good weekend. BKH
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