1989 40hp evinrude gauges

Tomasrodz

Cadet
Joined
Jun 1, 2020
Messages
6
Does anyone know what wire goes to what on to the dash gauges,(speed,battery,fuel,temp,tach,rpms) there is also a small white hose coming from the motor out cooling hose not sure if the previous owner used tgat for the trmp gauge on the dash
 

jakedaawg

Rear Admiral
Joined
Jun 26, 2012
Messages
4,275
Damn, good question...I oughts to know these...take this all as a rambling guess.
It's late and hell week before the 4th so brain is mushy at best.

Speedo is a blk hose, doesn't come from motor, usually from a transom mounted pitot.

trim and tilt in '89 was 2 wires, one wht/gold, and a blk/?. They would be wrapped together.

tach is the grey wire. Tach is rpm's.

heck, it would be way easier if you stated what color wires you had? Kinda refresh the old gears between the ears...

blue is power the lights in the guages.

blk is a ground for each guage. These wires all come out of the loom except the blue. They do not come from the switch.

DO NOT USE THE BLK/YEL OR THE BLK AT SWITCH FOR A GROUND.

Similarly, do not use a red or red/purple from switch as power for anything.

A seperate accessory fuse block should be mounted and supplied with power and ground from the batteries for any accessories.
 

Tomasrodz

Cadet
Joined
Jun 1, 2020
Messages
6
You got all the colors correct and the small white hose coming from the pee hole is for the water pressure luckily that gauge was still intact and had a piece of the tube connected to it. The boat was trashed when i got it squirrels were living in it an chewed alot of the wires up.. thank you you were alot of help
 
Top