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    2000 225 efi to optimax swap????? need help

    swaped my 2000 efi year 2000 to a 2006 225 optimax. i bought a mercury wiring adapter so it was a pretty straight forward hookup. my problem is that my gauge in the dash that shows. water, oil,temp dosent work. im left with 3 wiries coming out of the back of my boat that dont hook into the new adaptor harness or any loose wires on the new motor. did i buy the wrong adaptor? is there another adaptor with extra wires to make this work. is there extra wires under the cowl that these will adapt to?

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    Re: 2000 225 efi to optimax swap????? need help (daax)

    You're really not going to want to use the old "warning light" setup on your newer Optimax.

    They were intended to utilize a "Smartcraft Instrument" instead.



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