I have a blank 2"~ 2 1/8"" opening on my dash.

http://tinyurl.com/abnwu

I just bought the boat (as of tomorrow assuming a good sea trial). It does
not have a compass or depth sounder. I can put either in that spot (
http://www.marine.com/product_info.php/products_id/653 or
http://www.westmarine.com/images/full/530298.jpg ) but can also leave the
hole blank, mounting a surface mount compass and moderately priced fish
finder with depth sounder on top of the dash.

Pricing is comparable (a bit higher on dash surface mounts) although the
units installed on top of the dash would be easier to read while at the helm
and will offer (as in the case of the fish finder) more data on a larger
surface.

What are your ideas? I am leaning toward the larger units mounted on top of
the dash.

*JimH* wrote:


http://tinyurl.com/abnwu

Geezus, a .85mb pic? To show us a hole? Thanks a lot.
Looks like someone pulled the hour meter.
JR

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No one told you to download the pic. You are really getting to be a pain in
the ass lately JR.

It must be a bitch having such a negative outlook all the time.


"JR North" wrote in message
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*JimH* wrote:


http://tinyurl.com/abnwu

Geezus, a .85mb pic? To show us a hole? Thanks a lot.
Looks like someone pulled the hour meter.
JR

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Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth

JimH,
I have to agree with someone else that the missing gauge was the hour meter.
I would wonder how many hours was on the engine. Do you know the previous
owner, who can give you an honest estimate of the engine hours?


"*JimH*" wrote in message
...
No one told you to download the pic. You are really getting to be a pain
in the ass lately JR.

It must be a bitch having such a negative outlook all the time.


"JR North" wrote in message
...
*JimH* wrote:


http://tinyurl.com/abnwu

Geezus, a .85mb pic? To show us a hole? Thanks a lot.
Looks like someone pulled the hour meter.
JR

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Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth

I agree that the hole was where an hour meter would have been installed.

The boat is a one owner boat and well maintained. The owner kept records of
all maintenance and boat usage, with the boat used only an average of 10
times/season.

The engine was compression tested and had a strong showing with only 4 psi
difference in cylinder readings, ranging from 159 psi to 162 psi.




"Starbucks" wrote in message
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JimH,
I have to agree with someone else that the missing gauge was the hour
meter. I would wonder how many hours was on the engine. Do you know the
previous owner, who can give you an honest estimate of the engine hours?


"*JimH*" wrote in message
...
No one told you to download the pic. You are really getting to be a pain
in the ass lately JR.

It must be a bitch having such a negative outlook all the time.


"JR North" wrote in message
...
*JimH* wrote:


http://tinyurl.com/abnwu

Geezus, a .85mb pic? To show us a hole? Thanks a lot.
Looks like someone pulled the hour meter.
JR

--------------------------------------------------------------
Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth

So why did he remove the hour meter?


"*JimH*" wrote in message
...
I agree that the hole was where an hour meter would have been installed.

The boat is a one owner boat and well maintained. The owner kept records
of all maintenance and boat usage, with the boat used only an average of
10 times/season.

The engine was compression tested and had a strong showing with only 4 psi
difference in cylinder readings, ranging from 159 psi to 162 psi.




"Starbucks" wrote in message
...
JimH,
I have to agree with someone else that the missing gauge was the hour
meter. I would wonder how many hours was on the engine. Do you know the
previous owner, who can give you an honest estimate of the engine hours?


"*JimH*" wrote in message
...
No one told you to download the pic. You are really getting to be a
pain in the ass lately JR.

It must be a bitch having such a negative outlook all the time.


"JR North" wrote in message
...
*JimH* wrote:


http://tinyurl.com/abnwu

Geezus, a .85mb pic? To show us a hole? Thanks a lot.
Looks like someone pulled the hour meter.
JR

--------------------------------------------------------------
Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth

Yeah, Iv'e been in a ****y mood lately. But, old SWMBO gone, new SWMBO
in the works, things are looking up.
JR

*JimH* wrote:

No one told you to download the pic. You are really getting to be a pain in
the ass lately JR.

It must be a bitch having such a negative outlook all the time.


"JR North" wrote in message
...

*JimH* wrote:


http://tinyurl.com/abnwu


Geezus, a .85mb pic? To show us a hole? Thanks a lot.
Looks like someone pulled the hour meter.
JR

--------------------------------------------------------------
Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth





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I have had that compass for 3 years now and it has worked well. Guess it
depends on your needs, if you do go fish finder then I'd go compass. If no
fish finder then the depth sounder would be the way to go. I have a fish
finder but it is one of those small sqaure ones you can mount in the dash
area. Not really doing much fishing I didn't want a bigger one sticking up.
Looks like the area around your opening is too small for one of those
though. I prefer the hour meter back on the engine instead of the dash.
It's not an item you need to check while underway.

"*JimH*" wrote in message
...
I have a blank 2"~ 2 1/8"" opening on my dash.

http://tinyurl.com/abnwu

I just bought the boat (as of tomorrow assuming a good sea trial). It
does not have a compass or depth sounder. I can put either in that spot
( http://www.marine.com/product_info.php/products_id/653 or
http://www.westmarine.com/images/full/530298.jpg ) but can also leave the
hole blank, mounting a surface mount compass and moderately priced fish
finder with depth sounder on top of the dash.

Pricing is comparable (a bit higher on dash surface mounts) although the
units installed on top of the dash would be easier to read while at the
helm and will offer (as in the case of the fish finder) more data on a
larger surface.

What are your ideas? I am leaning toward the larger units mounted on top
of the dash.

*JimH* wrote:
I have a blank 2"~ 2 1/8"" opening on my dash.

http://tinyurl.com/abnwu

I just bought the boat (as of tomorrow assuming a good sea trial). It does
not have a compass or depth sounder. I can put either in that spot (
http://www.marine.com/product_info.php/products_id/653 or
http://www.westmarine.com/images/full/530298.jpg ) but can also leave the
hole blank, mounting a surface mount compass and moderately priced fish
finder with depth sounder on top of the dash.

Pricing is comparable (a bit higher on dash surface mounts) although the
units installed on top of the dash would be easier to read while at the helm
and will offer (as in the case of the fish finder) more data on a larger
surface.

What are your ideas? I am leaning toward the larger units mounted on top of
the dash.


Definitely put the compass on top of the dash. You can get a bigger
compass that will be more effectively damped and it will be more easily
read by virtue of size as well as position.

The other issue with putting the compass into the dashboard is that
there are a lot of other electrical circuits very close by. You really
don't want your compass reading to take a 40-degree swing simply
because you switched your panel lights on.