Replacement speedo and pitot

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   I recently purchased a new Faria speedo and pitot along with 25 feet of air hose from Discount Inboard Marine.  I installed the new gauge and pitot with no trouble.  I pulled the rear seat when I was running the hose from the dash down the gunnel to the transom. I keep my fuel tank full and I really did not want to have to drain the thing to pull it.  In looking closely over the top of the tank, I can see where the original air line attaches to a nipple on the end of a gold colored tube which points down to where the original air line goes thru the transom to the pitot.  What I did for now was remove the old air line at the connection to this gold tube and pushed the end of the new air line onto the nipple of said gold tube. Can anyone tell me if this (in theory) will work the new Faria speedo OR do I need to pull the tank and bypass the gold tube, connecting directly to the new pitot?  

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Dave D. Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: June-09-2008 Location: Lake Travis, TX Status: Offline Points: 90	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dave D. Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Replacement speedo and pitot Posted: February-24-2009 at 8:38pm
	I recently purchased a new Faria speedo and pitot along with 25 feet of air hose from Discount Inboard Marine. I installed the new gauge and pitot with no trouble. I pulled the rear seat when I was running the hose from the dash down the gunnel to the transom. I keep my fuel tank full and I really did not want to have to drain the thing to pull it. In looking closely over the top of the tank, I can see where the original air line attaches to a nipple on the end of a gold colored tube which points down to where the original air line goes thru the transom to the pitot. What I did for now was remove the old air line at the connection to this gold tube and pushed the end of the new air line onto the nipple of said gold tube. Can anyone tell me if this (in theory) will work the new Faria speedo OR do I need to pull the tank and bypass the gold tube, connecting directly to the new pitot?
	Dave D. '89 Sport Nautique Lake Travis, Texas!

anthonylizardi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Gold Member Joined: July-25-2007 Location: DFW, TX, USA Status: Offline Points: 836	Post Options Post Reply Quote anthonylizardi Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February-24-2009 at 9:07pm
	As far as I know the gold tube is for dampening purposes. It just increases the volume of air in the line so minor spikes of air preassure won't cause the speedos to oscillate. Based on that I think you did it correct. Therefore it should help to have the dampening tube in line. You can always confirm this with SkiDimm.

79nautique Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: January-27-2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 7872	Post Options Post Reply Quote 79nautique Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February-25-2009 at 10:14am
	yes your fine

kman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: May-30-2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 161	Post Options Post Reply Quote kman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: March-05-2009 at 3:32am
	I have a question to add. I recently replaced the orignal Teleflex speedo on my '76 Southwind. It does not have the pitot on the transom. Instead, it has a little shark fin shaped unit under the boat right in the middle. All I did was connect the existing air tube to the back of the new Teleflex speedo. The tubing from the bottom of the boat to the behind the dash looks and feels like copper tubing until it changes to plastic. Test run seemed to work fine. Question: Any reason why this is not OK if it works. I really don't want to add the pitot and tube on the exterior of the transom for aesthetic reasons.
	Kirk 1976 Southwind 20 Eagle Mountain Lake Fort Worth

skicat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Platinum Member Joined: May-18-2006 Location: Duluth, GA Status: Offline Points: 1129	Post Options Post Reply Quote skicat Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: March-05-2009 at 10:44am
	Kirk, You are good to go. My skier has the same setup as yours.
	Greg 86 BFN

Gary S Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: November-30-2006 Location: Illinois Status: Offline Points: 14096	Post Options Post Reply Quote Gary S Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: March-05-2009 at 10:56am
	The po of my boat put one on the stern bypassing the "fin".I pulled it all off and reconnected the fin,works great.I think the new way is cheaper and easier to unclog,but I didn't like all the hardware on the back either.
	69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport

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