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JimB517
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Initially Posted - 03/04/2003 : 17:02:58

Hi, If you read my other post about an overheating 8 HP Nissan OB, you will understand why I am considering this option.

Does anyone have a temperature gauge on their Honda 8 HP? As a long time powerboater who intends to cruise his Cat 25, and would probably be looking at long trips under power, I would like to consider installing temperature, oil pressure, ammeter, and voltmeter gauges.

For temperature, I would be quite happy with a measurement of the head temp (instead of water temp).

Anyone doing this??

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gnorgan
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Response Posted - 03/04/2003 : 19:53:35

I haven't heard of anyone doing this but it's not a bad idea if it can be engineered somehow. I'm sure there are some "mechanics" on board this site who would know how to accomplish this. Maybe just bolt on a metal thermometer that has some sort of cable and attach a guage on the cover of the motor in plain view?
BTW, Jim...where's your boat parked? Mines currently on the trailer in the yard outside up here in Hemet. I need to get it launched soon. I need to sail.......<img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle>
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 03/04/2003 : 20:38:59

Hi, I live in north San Diego county. The boat is in Long Beach and I expect to move it to Dana Point in the near future. By the end of this summer I would like to move down to San Diego's Mission Bay.

Dana to the Isthmus at Catalina can be 10 hours of motoring so I'd like to monitor my engine!

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 03/05/2003 : 09:35:41

Honda's have part of what your wanting built in. They have overheating shut down and oil pressure light built in. Of course also a telltale water pump indicator.

I believe a tachometer is available if desired.

Amp meters would be a bit of a problem to add...as the starting current would likely be quite high relative to the normal charging, the meter shunt would have to exclude the starter for a reasonable scale or the meter would have to tollerate full scale readings during starting. Honda might provide the pickoff points for one.

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gnorgan
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Response Posted - 03/05/2003 : 21:22:47

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Dana to the Isthmus at Catalina can be 10 hours of motoring so I'd like to monitor my engine!

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About four years ago, my wife and I and another couple with a C25 left from Oceanside, CA and motored all the way to Two Harbors for the Catalina Rendevous. We left at midnight in partly cloudy conditions with no moon. That was scary <img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle> especially about 45 minutes from around 3am to 3:45am that I think I was asleep at the helm. Had the GPS directing and was following our friends boat. My wife was below sleeping like a babe. I did tell her later that I might not have awake for part of the trip.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
BTW, the new Honda performed flawlessly both crossings.
I recently mailed Dana Marina. They seem to have a good turnover rate for our size boats. Maybe I should reconsider Mission Bay, the place I learned to sail back in my college and post college years. Maybe we start a fleet there, eh?
Gary with a new 110 jib in the bag in the closet behind me..<img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 03/06/2003 : 14:08:20

I have talked to a couple of Cat 25 owners in Dana so it would be great fun to start a fleet there!

My boat keel bolt repairs are almost done so I should own her this weekend.

I expect to be moved into a new Dana Point slip by the end of the month or no longer than the begining of April.

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