thanks for all the help

[ssmedt]

well this weekend i fixed 3 of 4 problems on my new 2000 challenger; thanks to all the posters on this great forum for giving me the confidence to attempt the reparis myself and avoid the $90/hour labor of my mechanic:hurray:. I was able to fix a lose throttle cable. replace the water inlet hose on my port side engine that had a hole in it. and i found an answer about the water drain from the inside of the boat via the scupper valve. now all that is left is to look at a non-functioning tach on the port engine. i am not looking forward to taking apart the storge cover. anyone know if there is an easier way to access the tachs on a challenger so that i can swap them to see if the problem is the tach or wireing?

 

[seadoosnipe]

2000 Challenger?

You are asking about one of your tachs as if there are two. The 2000 Challenger has the Mercury M-2 engine in it. So, unless I'm missing something here, .........

Is it a 20 footer but not the year 2000?.....You don't really specify in your profile but that it's a 2000 Challenger.

 

[ssmedt]

You are asking about one of your tachs as if there are two. The 2000 Challenger has the Mercury M-2 engine in it. So, unless I'm missing something here, .........

Is it a 20 footer but not the year 2000?.....You don't really specify in your profile but that it's a 2000 Challenger.

sorry it is a 2000 model year 15ft challenger with the twin 717cc engines; the port tach is not working and it seems like a pain to undo the entire cover from the bottom and work up; does the silver top cover somehow some off or do you have to take the entire storage cover apart? also if i switch the wireing for the tachs and find that the wires are good and tach is bad are tachs from different years interchangable; i found one on ebay from a 97 GTX for like $30 so if it is just the tach hopefully it will be an easy fix. thanks for your help

 

[ssmedt]

well got up today and went out too look at the tach; once i unbolted the small access panel i realized that the port tach was just unpluged:hurray: plug it in; start it up; and poof working tach

 

[kustomkarl]

That's the first thing to check if it isn't working.