2000 Sport Keypad help

8122pbrainard wrote: Bri892001 wrote: If you watch that video, the guy had already energized his dash, when he hit his backup starter button. I wonder if that back-up starter button is as simple as a constant hot (from battery etc.) > Horn type switch > to parallel wire to Starter relay/NSS Brian, I agree. Your wiring idea is logical.

Exactly. If his keypad was totally hosed all this setup would do is crank the starter- the engine would never fire and the rest of the dash would be inoperable as well.

I've often thought "Gee, what am I going to do when my 12-year-old keypad dies?". I'll probably just order a new one but it would be neat to figure out how to manually 1) wake up the rest of the dash/relay system for accessories and then 2)supply power to the engine computer/engine and 3) trigger the starter. #2 and #3 are probably simple to do but I bet #1 is not. I don't know how to tell the master module to just "wake up" without the keypad.

Does it have a master kill switch on the gunnel like the '09? Could it be there? You did check the battery right?

Big thanks to Larry Shea for checking out our start button keypad.

He reports that our Keypad works flawlessly. He says our PME must be toast. Looks like we're ordering one of those.


PME

Holy Moley! That's a little pricey.

Jody, thanks a ton for the offer...

Don't they have to be "burnt" with the code for each specific boat?

I'm sure glad I have key switches!!

8122pbrainard wrote: I'm sure glad I have key switches!!

I'll take the keypad system over pushbreakers and bird's nests worth of wire and corroding connections any day! I know one day mine will bite me, but until then I'll truly enjoy it. Progress FTW. IMO the competition has still not figured out the push-button dash as well as CC did 12 years ago. The 2012 Malibus have me pulling my hair out.

The part is 600.00 and you MIGHT have to replace it in this case once every 12 years! Buy it and enjoy the boat for another 12 years. Or more. The summer is short and the boat/system is awesome. Rock n' roll. No regrets.

Got a PN discount on it too which saved about 70 bucks so that was nice.

I do enjoy the black box over the mess of wires that usually has to be re-done in your garage after 10 years. The 90 left us stranded one day due to crappy wiring to the ignition key a few years back.

Should have taken pics of what the box looks like on the inside...basically open it up and it's a computer. Circuit board, breakers, soldering, etc etc

Here's the front and back of our keypad. Really can't do much testing. 10 buttons on the pad and 4 wires out the back. Hard to do diagnostics at home!

All you old dudes that don't like technology are being a little ironic posting on an online forum via computer aren't you? Or do you type on the typewriter and snail mail to Keith for him to post?

I run across old electronic controls and drives on a monthly basis. I'm lucky to have found a decent repair service. They will troubleshoot and repair any board.

BTW,
Gary has the typewriter plus, he also has a Dictaphone so when I need to send Keith a letter, I call Gary, record the message, he types it and mails it for me!!

mdvalant wrote: 8122pbrainard wrote: I call Gary On the telegraph?

Mike,
No, I went pretty high tech. Gary being with AT&T for so many years did me a favor an wired me up. I still need to get him over and get the phone into the house. Climbing that pole is getting pretty old. Remember the old TV show Green Acres?

You guy's are laughing now but just wait. I just went through this with my Dads Town Car. 2000 with 65K on it the whole electronic dash goes out,speedo fuel and temp still worked. He took it to get fixed at the dealer,no can do they don't make that part anymore.Drove him to Florida and on my way home the rest goes down.Just great now I was afraid to shut the car off because the security system is in it too.That did not happen and finally made it home. Finally found a place that would fix the assy after I removed it from car. You can't even go to a junk yard to get one because it's coded to the car it came from You can't even find out anything on the web,none of these old codgers use it or work on their car

mdvalant wrote: Should have taken pics of what the box looks like on the inside...basically open it up and it's a computer. Circuit board, breakers, soldering, etc etc

Mike get some pictures of your old one interested to see what is in there. As Pete suggested they should be repairable by the right person.

Dad got the new PME installed last night. Boat works like new now. He also said a bunch more lights light up on the dash on a start up and fade out on stop all cool-like. I bet our digital gauges that we thought were bad and replaced last spring would work like a champ again too. PME was our enemy all along!!!