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Billfish50 posted 10-29-2011 12:22 AM ET (US)
I bought a 2001 Mercury OptiMax 225. The Smartcraft guages were broken. They are the first generation Smartcraft gauges. The newer gauges won't work with a 2001 model. I have the original installation instructions; they say that my motor can use the Smartcraft gauges or standard analog gauges. I bought a set of analog gauges from a Mercury dealer. I wired the gauges as per the instructions in the original installation manual. I can't get them to work. Has anyone had a simular experience? Or, does anyone have a set of the first generation Smartcraft gauges that they want to sell? Thanks, Russ
russellbailey posted 10-29-2011 07:52 AM ET (US)
I have some spare first generation Smartcraft gauges that I have been meaning to sell. My Outrage 25 earlier had twin 150s from 1999 or so, and was re-powered with 2006 ones that take newer gauges. The owner just disconnected the older gauges and I recently removed them. Send email to me and I can send you some pictures of what I have. They are multifunction gauges.
They have four quadrants on the face that apparently each light up.
- top - fuel pump
- right - oil
- bottom - maybe a piston?
- left - temperature

I could probably even pull the wiring that runs back to the motor. They have a four-wire lead that comes off of them to the motors; it is a standard analog type lead and not like the newer Smartcraft digital cables.
That being said, you should be able to get analog gauges to work fine. I am using analog gauges currently with my 2006 motors without trouble, though I intend to switch to the newer Smartcraft at some point.

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Author	Topic: Mercury SmartCraft and Conventional Gauges for Older Optimax
Billfish50	posted 10-29-2011 12:22 AM ET (US) I bought a 2001 Mercury OptiMax 225. The Smartcraft guages were broken. They are the first generation Smartcraft gauges. The newer gauges won't work with a 2001 model. I have the original installation instructions; they say that my motor can use the Smartcraft gauges or standard analog gauges. I bought a set of analog gauges from a Mercury dealer. I wired the gauges as per the instructions in the original installation manual. I can't get them to work. Has anyone had a simular experience? Or, does anyone have a set of the first generation Smartcraft gauges that they want to sell? Thanks, Russ
russellbailey	posted 10-29-2011 07:52 AM ET (US) I have some spare first generation Smartcraft gauges that I have been meaning to sell. My Outrage 25 earlier had twin 150s from 1999 or so, and was re-powered with 2006 ones that take newer gauges. The owner just disconnected the older gauges and I recently removed them. Send email to me and I can send you some pictures of what I have. They are multifunction gauges. They have four quadrants on the face that apparently each light up. - top - fuel pump - right - oil - bottom - maybe a piston? - left - temperature I could probably even pull the wiring that runs back to the motor. They have a four-wire lead that comes off of them to the motors; it is a standard analog type lead and not like the newer Smartcraft digital cables. That being said, you should be able to get analog gauges to work fine. I am using analog gauges currently with my 2006 motors without trouble, though I intend to switch to the newer Smartcraft at some point.