2003 190 bay maintenance problems

[marc50]

The Tach & Speedometer both fog up on danp cool mornings and have both quit working. Has anyone else had this problem. Also the screws keep falling out of the stern seats and the self bailing system puts more water in the boat when drifting than it gets out. I guess it is the same problems I have heard about before. I really enjoy the boat and use it in both salt and fresh water. I don't know whether to spend to upgrade this one or look for another boat.

[Lazy Loafer]

I have a 2003 190 Bay also, and the Faria gauges that came with it have fogged up since day one. When they fog up now I just turn on the navigation lights until the heat from the light within the gauge clears them up. I gather they are not the best intruments around and I was told by the service manager where I bought my boat that I would probably want to upgrade to Yamaha gauges when the Farias eventually failed. Anyway, the tach began to stick last summer and I would have to tap it to free it up. This spring when I took the boat out the first time it was frozen at 3000 rpm and no amount of tapping on it would make it work. While the gauges may not be the best they do have a pretty good warranty policy. I took the old tach out, mailed it to them, and received a brand new one in about 10 days. This policy hold for the first 3 years that you own it, over that they will replace it for around $26, a speedo for about $13, that is if it's the instrument that has failed and not some other reason for them not to work. This is the link to the Faria website. Click on their link for warranty instructions for more info. http://www.faria-instruments.com/

[MolarBoater]

Moisture from the bilge which really runs all the way up under the center console will fog up instr. I usually will open the cc hatch and they will be back to normal since my guage lights run 24/7.
Purchase some ball in cage scuppers @$12 ea. and most of your water in scupper issues will be solved.
Most of your answers to date are in the archives so take time to read all the old posts.
Lastly, the reason most of us are so dedicated to Triumph boats is that we are constantly looking at new boats and comparing to all the previous boats we have owned. They all have issues, Triumphs just seem easiest to correct.