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Hey Penguin,I am dealing with the Ar240....versus the 242s that you guys have. The pic shows the old tachs (circa 2010)...and the 2014s that were in the boxes look the same. The 242s gauges online seem to have a flat black background...and mine have a honeycomb black graphite look.
I bought the starboard on 8/15/21 from boats.net for $376. And the Port way back in July of 2019 from Babbitts for $345. Not sure about losing functionality if you try these in a 242. When I matched a 2010 gauge running with a 2014 gauge they didn't work properly. Only the RPM read correctly...none of the digital displays. When the tachs both were the same year the electronic displays read correctly.
Boats.net has the 2014 Ar240 tachs:
Port F3H-U8245-00-00 for $373
Starboard F3H-U8245-10-00 for $376
As far as I know you need to match the year of the tachs so you might want to get both and see.
Maybe you can explain to them away you want to try and if they don't work return them.
Babbitts had them for about $100 More.
Hopefully we can find a shop to just fix the gauges for $150 each...with a lifetime warranty of course
Hi TigerNet11, This seemed to work ....I can't say that I looked at each function in depth that I can remember. Both Tach's worked properly, and the LCD section lit up correctly. Most importantly for me was that the fuel gauge showed correctly. I'm going to PM you for something you may want to consider as well. .. which you may want to try first before buying the 2014 year model.
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Where you able to get this completed? You can't get them repaired so don't try. I sent them to the best place in Florida and they sent them back. I now have tach's that won't work at all. I have a 2014 242 Limited and I'm just stuck
To the group ..I just submitted a query to Circuitboardmedics in greenville.NC to see if they might take a shot at repairing older Yamaha Tachs.
If they can I think I have an old one that I can send them to see if it can be fixed. Maybe some of you with the broken tachs may want to try as well.
It.might be a new line of business for them. They do automotive and other types of parts as well.
They fixed my GMC Yukon XL old instrument cluster. About $200...but now it has a lifetime warranty. This week they also repaired my circuit board on an older and unavailable KitchenAid circuit board...$150 versus a new fridge or eBay part. Sometimes the board soldering gets brittle with age on these things...probably like our tachs.
Hopefully this may be a viable path for our Yamaha Tachs that are unavailable or insanely expensive. I'll report back what they say...or feel free to contact them yourselves and maybe send them your broken tach.
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I bought two new 2014 242 LS guages from Boats.net. Cost around $1500 - They take a month to arrive. I think 'clinch up' and take like a sailor.
Are they IN stock? boats.net has been pushing my order back since April. Now July 1, I opened up my broken $1000 odometer and can see where the circuit board burnt out. Right where the water pooled up on bottom of casing. Yamaha should be ashamed of themselves.
I have not seen them in a few weeks. I don't know where they picked them up from but I grabbed a set and they were indeed new.
ok $500 per buttonHey... would any of you guys with old Tachometers that don't work have ones with good little rubber buttons? My Tachs are still working, but the rubber button's have all but disintegrated. Maybe I could buy your old ones if the buttons were good so I could try to replace my buttons
Remove the black disintegrating crap buttons and just put clear gorilla tape over the hole/tab - immediately. I think thats what contributed to my getting water inside on one really humid day.
