Penta control panel

[Huntsman]

I’ve looked at a boat recently that has a Penta control panel. The dials are obvious but what is the use of the switch in the middle, the pull style lever and the light please?

[Ken X]

I'll take a guess. 😄

 

Looking at the rev counter it may well be a petrol engine so the pull could be choke?

It is running so the light may be a no charge warning.  The switch may be panel or instrument lighting.

 

The missing light on the right could be low oil pressure. 

 

Looking forward to an informed comment. 🙂

 

[Huntsman]

Thanks for having a guess Ken - although it is a diesel engine. Not sure if the panel is original or not 

[Momac]

Clearly the hole in the panel is much bigger than the tachometer and as observed already the tachometer is not intended for a diesel,

Altogether looks like an assembly of mis matched bits and pieces .

[Huntsman]

59 minutes ago, Momac said:

Clearly the hole in the panel is much bigger than the tachometer and as observed already the tachometer is not intended for a diesel,

Altogether looks like an assembly of mis matched bits and pieces .

Makes sense! Thank you for getting back to me about it. 

[Quattrodave]

Have a look at the wiring behind and work it out....!

[Mike Hurley]

Temp gauge at 120c?

[Jen-in-Wellies]

1 hour ago, Mike Hurley said:

Temp gauge at 120c?

Either the gauge to the sender connection is shorted to ground by a wiring, or sender fault, or a mismatch between gauge and sender. If a non original tacho can be fitted, the same might have happened with the gauge. 

[Huntsman]

6 hours ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

Either the gauge to the sender connection is shorted to ground by a wiring, or sender fault, or a mismatch between gauge and sender. If a non original tacho can be fitted, the same might have happened with the gauge. 

Definitely a job for someone who know what they’re doing 

[Tony Brooks]

If could also be the gauge negative connection missing, that makes bi-coil gauges go to full deflection

[Tony Brooks]

3 hours ago, playingplacement said:

Someone pointed out the tachometer isn’t typical for a diesel engine and the cut‑out hole is larger than expected.

 

The actual cutout for the tacho (the white bit) is typical for many tachometers, either diesel or petrol, so the small gauge shouts replacement. The tacho fitted may well be driven by an inductive sensor driven by the flywheel teeth or a "star" on the front pulley. The replacement items make me think that the boat was looked after at one time, probably a long time ago.

 

The twin lever control and the actual panel look contemporary to me, so the panel is probably original.

 

The lever switch may well be for a tunnel/nav lights.  Someone pointed out the tachometer isn’t typical for a diesel engine and the cut‑out hole is larger than expected. The pull switch to the left could be anything. I did think it might be a stop control, but our MD2 was stopped by moving the throttle lever beyond the slow position and as far as I can remember there was no facility to fit a separate stop control.

 

I don't know what the OP means by "the pull style lever", but the twin lever control is typical of the MD range of the time. The long lever is the gear lever, while the short one is the throttle and stop lever.

[Jen-in-Wellies]

An explanation of why you can't see the post from playingplacement that Tony quotes from. This is a new account and we initially approved their post before spotting the spam link they had inserted in to a quote from another user, rather than their own text. These spammers are getting sneakier. They have now been banned. The ignominous fate of all spammers we catch. 

Jen, for the mods. 

[Tony Brooks]

17 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

An explanation of why you can't see the post from playingplacement that Tony quotes from. This is a new account and we initially approved their post before spotting the spam link they had inserted in to a quote from another user, rather than their own text. These spammers are getting sneakier. They have now been banned. The ignominous fate of all spammers we catch. 

Jen, for the mods. 

 

I noticed that that poster had added a link to an odd site and even scrolled to the top to see if it had come from the OP, but it had been added to the quote.