Hour Meter

DaNYMuzikMan

I have a 2003 Rinker Fiesta vee 250 and I had a brand new engine was just installed,  The new engine is a Merc 383 Mag Bravo 4V, 350 HP.  I would like to replace the hour meter to reflect the hours on the new engine.  I called Merc and they advised me to reach out to the boat manufacturer.

Please help.

Thank you. 

Cableguy Greg

The gauges should be Faria gauges. You could send it back to them and have them reset it. What some people with new engines do is document the hours on the gauge when the new engine went into service so when you sell the boat you can show the new owner what the difference is. A surveyor with a scan tool will be able to see the hours. You could change the tach to a Merc Smartcraft gauge and that would show the current engine hours. You could also get VesselView Mobile for your boat and that shows the hours as well.

DaNYMuzikMan

Here is a picture of the current hour meter.

DaNYMuzikMan

Thank you very much Greg, I really appreciate the answer.  Where would I purchase the "Merc Smartcraft Gauge"?

DaNYMuzikMan

Cableguy Greg said:

The gauges should be Faria gauges. You could send it back to them and have them reset it. What some people with new engines do is document the hours on the gauge when the new engine went into service so when you sell the boat you can show the new owner what the difference is. A surveyor with a scan tool will be able to see the hours. You could change the tach to a Merc Smartcraft gauge and that would show the current engine hours. You could also get VesselView Mobile for your boat and that shows the hours as well.

reneechris14

You could also get new tech from Great lakes skipper should be about 150 greatlakesskipper.com/faria-silver-black-4000-rpm-diesel-boat-tachometer-gauge
Not the write one but you get my point