2002 Rinker 342

BlackWatchBlackWatch Member Posts: 18 ✭
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Would there be an existing Merc junction box that came standard on the 342?  My tach gauges have digital hours for the engines, if that makes a difference.
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,953 mod
    Probably not.  Are your engines Smartcraft-compatible?  Smartcraft was introduced in mid-2002.  

    You probably have the standard Faria analog gauges, not Smartcraft gauges.  The Faria tach has a digital hour meter, but it's not reading digital info from the engine computer.  It's just a counter for the hours when your engine is running.  They can actually display a number that's different from what's stored in the engine computer.  
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 2,999 ✭✭✭✭
    Look at the air cleaner cover for the smartcraft logo. 

    Regards,

    Ian

    The Third “B”

    Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

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  • Liberty44140Liberty44140 Member Posts: 4,414 ✭✭✭✭✭
    my 06 engines are smartcraft - but no junction boxes :(
    07' Cruisers 390 (Previous Rinker's: 06' 342EC & 01' 310FV)

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  • StodgeStodge Member Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭✭
    I would not expect junction boxes.  I had to add a couple when I installed vessel view.  The smartcraft gauges don't seem to use the same connection as the VV.

    2002 FV 342 on Lake St. Clair - Past Commodore SHC - Vessel Examiner USCGAUX

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  • IanIan Member Posts: 2,999 ✭✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
    @BlackWatch Are you looking to add VesselView Mobile? If so I posted under similarly named thread what I did for my 2003 310 that I expect you'd need to do the same, if you have SmartCraft. Call Merc with serial numbers, they will confirm but as I mentioned above, if you have the logo you likely have the early version like mine.
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    Regards,

    Ian

    The Third “B”

    Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

    https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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  • diggin2day1diggin2day1 Member Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭✭
    Call Mercruiser with your engine serial numbers and they’ll be able to give you a definitive answer. My 2002 FV270 is SmartCraft ready... just made the cut by a few hundred. Lol
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  • BlackWatchBlackWatch Member Posts: 18 ✭
    Thanks for the input.  Yes, I do have the SmartCraft logo on the engine covers. @icoultha
    I will review your thread.
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