Level/incline Meter Options

[Fed]

Looking for a level/incline meter with remote sensor, 2"/50mm gauge and well damped?

Anyone ever seen one, Rumpus?

[nimrod]

Looking for a level/incline meter with remote sensor, 2"/50mm gauge and well damped?

Anyone ever seen one, Rumpus?

Few years ago I could have got you as many as you wanted ( spose that's just 1 ).
when I worked, had heaps of these on the shelf both single and combined within a set of 3 guages.
Try any 4x4 wreckers.
Ring all model at revesby for starters 9772 4444 tell them Frank from mitsibits sent you.






They'll probable charge you double . when you mention my name.

[Fed]

So these are pretty common Frank?
I did do a little Googling but only came up with scientific type things that cost an arm & a leg.
Maybe I was searching with the wrong terms?
What would you call them in relation to 4x4s?

[Jumpus GooDarus]

Caravan places
They use then when levelling vans

[Fed]

The remote sensor, 2"/50mm gauge and well damped is the important part.
I have an existing hole to fill and I intend putting the sensor on my outboard after calibrating it with a spirit level.

[nimrod]

So these are pretty common Frank?
I did do a little Googling but only came up with scientific type things that cost an arm & a leg.
Maybe I was searching with the wrong terms?
What would you call them in relation to 4x4s?

Tilt metre, every pajero had one and probably other types of 4x4 as well, 4x4 accessory places, big one on king georges rd beverley hills would have them.
Caravans mostly just use bubbles like in spirit levels, just to level the van, not to show you amount of angle or decline.
make sure if you buy 2nd hand, it still has plenty of fluid in it as it is very common for them to leak, they have to have 3/4 or more fluid to be any good.

[nimrod]

Tilt metre, every pajero had one and probably other types of 4x4 as well, 4x4 accessory places, big one on king georges rd beverley hills would have them.
Caravans mostly just use bubbles like in spirit levels, just to level the van, not to show you amount of angle or decline.
make sure if you buy 2nd hand, it still has plenty of fluid in it as it is very common for them to leak, they have to have 3/4 or more fluid to be any good.

Sorry Fed. didn't take enough notice of the " remote sensor " part.. don't know what you mean by remote sensor.
Is it a trim tilt guage you are looking for ?
I thought you wanted a " level incline guage " they are a visual thing and don't have remote sensors, sorry I miss read what you wanted.
2nd hand trim tilt guage could be obtained from Mogy marine peakhurst.
But trim/tilt guages are not dampened they are just electric, si I really don't know what it is you are looking for.

This post has been edited by nimrod: Apr 24 2012, 04:21 PM

[Fed]

Already got the standard T&T gauge Frank, looking for a way to measure the engine level against the water level.... horizontal.

[Fed]

Mogy, Moby? Is he still there?

[Fed]

I was thinking of using a water filled tube on the outside of the motor (front to back), do you see what I'm getting at?

[nimrod]

Mogy, Moby? Is he still there?

Yes but he won't have a gadget you are looking for. Can't imagine you finding one of those gadgets anywhere. Not invented yet to my knowledge.
Most boat drivers know by their guage, or sound of motor, or feel of boat behavior, what their angle of motor is.

[kkw]

I was thinking of using a water filled tube on the outside of the motor (front to back), do you see what I'm getting at?

I don't get it

[Fed]

Most boat drivers know by their guage, or sound of motor, or feel of boat behavior, what their angle of motor is.

Agreed but the trouble is that T&T gauges only measure the angle in relation to the hull but the desired setting changes with the attitude of the boat so in effect a T&T gauge means nothing.

Most of the boat drivers I see wouldn't know if their arse was on fire when it came feeling their boats.

[Fed]

It's easy KK, you want your motor to push the back of the boat forward, not up, not down, but forward.
The boat's planing attitude should be determined by the front to rear balance and not some goose trying to fight it with the T&T button.
How do you ensure it's pushing forward, run it with the prop shaft parallel to the water surface hence the new & improved tilt meter.

Trim in to take off & then trim out once on the plane is all bullshit, should be trimming to push the boat forwards.

[Spudly]

i dont see why it matters??? are you trying to prove jumpus wrong with somthing again?

[Fed]

No mate don't let the mention of the word goose fool you, sometimes I mean other gooses instead of Jumpy.
Just something I'd like to toy with and I had a spare hole in the dash that I filled with a Faria voltmeter that is inaccurate compared to the GPS voltmeter.
Thought I'd ditch the voltmeter and put in a tilt meter but it's starting to look like an expensive exercise.
I was hoping someone would know of a 4x4 type after market 2" gauge with remote sensor but it's not looking good.

[nimrod]

Generally speaking fed the motor vertually stays at the same angle to the water.
It is the boat that changes angle according to the amount of trim or tilt you put on the motor.
Exception when going slow or trailering boat.
Very hard to put it into writing, and I hope I don't get jumped on for this statement, but easier
with illistrations and model testing, which I can't do on a forum.

[Jumpus GooDarus]

I don't get it

Wots not 2 get
Fed is Vying for his masters degree as Master Gooseologist

[Fed]

Generally speaking fed the motor vertually stays at the same angle to the water.
It is the boat that changes angle according to the amount of trim or tilt you put on the motor.
Exception when going slow or trailering boat.
Very hard to put it into writing, and I hope I don't get jumped on for this statement, but easier
with illistrations and model testing, which I can't do on a forum.

Consider yourself JUMPED ON!

[poly]

fed this all sounds very strange, I just don't get it

Paul