Originally Posted by AmiableDave

Why the 20w50? You spent all that money already. Buy the extra qt.

Originally Posted by bajaman

For the past several years I've been using the K&N HP-3002 filter.

Originally Posted by 87MirageIntruder

Yes you are correct.

Originally Posted by Wally

Brad, its not that bad, It just looks intimidating because of the amount of wiring, but in all reality you have many duplicates like the reds (power) Blacks(ground) and purple(ign) blue (lights) the rest are the actual sending unit wires for the gauges. You can take some zip ties and bundle the groups together as you disconnect the gauges and just use some painters tape to label what gauges that bundle is from. here's a list of the "standard" wires you would find.....there are more if you do searches but these should cover most of them in the dash part anyway. The switches are different...you will have a red wire for the main power feed....then there will be the feed wire to the device its turning on and that may be any color the installer wants in some cases but 90% of the time its also a red wire. You may also have a black wire for a ground if the switch lights up when turned on.
Dont be intimidated by the mess...just take you time and go systematically one by one and you'll be fine. A good test light or meter also helps.

It could be worse....you could have a "friend" try and help you by taking everything apart before you get there and not label anything!
Some before and after i was done a few hours later.

Originally Posted by Brad Christy

Guys,

<Sheepish grin>.......

Speaking of getting it right the first time... Somehow, I got it in my head that I needed a Livorsi gauge. So, I ordered it, and waited. It was shipped today. Opening the box, it immediately didn't look right. So, I crawled up into the boat. The dash cluster is still hanging loose in the dash cavity, so I grabbed one and held it up to the new gage to confirm. Yup. I needed a GAFFRIG.....

New, CORRECT gauge is on order. Hopefully, I will be able to return this Livorsi. If not, it will make its way over to the SwapShop. At the end of the day, I ain't out that much if they won't let me return it and I can't get it sold.

Otherwise....

Project is moving along nicely. I have the new dash panel drawn and had a clear acrylic template laser cut to verify placement of gauges. After a slight adjustment to gauge positioning, I fired off a PO to the sheet metal shop to laser cut one from .080" aluminum.

I've also made a new bezel for the trim tab indicator and had it powder coated. The color couldn't have been a better match.

Thanks. Brad.

Originally Posted by Brad Christy

Dave,

Why 20W50? Isn’t it pretty much the prescription for marine engines? It’s certainly what is prescribed in the Merc specs.

I didn’t intentionally short buy. I just had the 5qt+ jug thing in my head, and somehow thought that two jugs would give me one more qt than I needed. I just didn’t make the conversion in my head when I bought two gallon jugs. Brain dead moment.

Still curious if anybody’s used Lucas or an equivalent.

Thanks. Brad.

Originally Posted by Griff

Gaffrig Presion Instrument labeled gauges are now labeled as Livorsi. Gaffrig Performance labeled gauges are still labeled Gaffrig. There was a trademark lawsuit years ago.
You need to run the correct hertz sender for the gauge