Volt Meter & Water PSI not working

[Putershark]

The water pressure gauge is a mechanical gauge, and the hose that supplies water to the gauge is usually attached to a brass fitting off of the thermostat housing. So find a small hose connected in this location on the engine (looks like fish tank air line) pull it off, and blow on it to see if the gauge needle will pop up

If not or moves very little, I usually take a small wooden skewer and gently push it into the fitting to clear out the junk. Once clear (and you may need to have the dealer clean it once) to keep it from getting clogged again, make sure you flush out the engine while "running" at a idle for 10 min or so. If not, the T Stat will not open and which allows the crud / salt to build up and plug that tiny port

[BarryB]

Hi Dak,

Normally the blue wire is for instrument lights, however, it's possible the original owner wired up his own volt meter and figured since the lights are on when the engine is running, that would be a good circuit to tap for the volt meter.

[dakineyj]

According to a picture in another post, by Pamarine, the volt meter should have three wires off the back. One for lights, which I have. One for power and one for ground, which I don't. Does anybody know what color your wires are off the back of your volt meter?

[dakineyj]

Originally Posted by Putershark

The water pressure gauge is a mechanical gauge, and the hose that supplies water to the gauge is usually attached to a brass fitting off of the thermostat housing. So find a small hose connected in this location on the engine (looks like fish tank air line) pull it off, and blow on it to see if the gauge needle will pop up

If not or moves very little, I usually take a small wooden skewer and gently push it into the fitting to clear out the junk. Once clear (and you may need to have the dealer clean it once) to keep it from getting clogged again, make sure you flush out the engine while "running" at a idle for 10 min or so. If not, the T Stat will not open and which allows the crud / salt to build up and plug that tiny port

I have looked all over the engine, heh heh, and I have no idea what I'm looking at. So I could use a little help locating this hose. Could someone point out where it might be?

[Putershark]

I think I see the hose for the guage but I cannot zoom in close enough to tell for sure. Take that plastic cover off the top of the engine over the flywheel, and post some more shots

[dakineyj]

Well here are the pictures, heh heh. I don't see any hoses in these areas, they all appear to be wires.

[dakineyj]

Couldn't fit them all on one...

[pamarine]

While Dave Troubleshoots your Water Pressure Gauge, I'll Try to help with the Volt Meter. Can you Take a of the rear of the panel slightly to the right of the one already posted (there is a guages that is cut off). Also, Can you ID which Gauges are Which (Or Just Take a Pic of the front of the panel)

[dakineyj]

Thanks again to everyone. I'm kind of all by myself out here so I'm depending on the wealth of knowledge here.

Picture of Electronics... To see the pictures in their full glory you can look at them here...
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Otherwise here

[dakineyj]

Picture of Electrics Part 2

My Rat's nest and loose wires