Installation manual
CAPTAIN
CONTROL
PANEL
DESCRIPTION
This
manually-operated
control
panel
is
equipped
with
a
KEY
switch,
an
RPM
gauge,
PREHEAT
and
START
but-
tons,
an
INSTRUMENT
TEST button
and
three
indicator
lamps,
one
for
ALTERNATOR
DISCHARGE,
one
for
low
OIL
PRESSURE,
and
one
for
high
ENGINE
COOLANT
TEMPERATURE.
RPM
GAUGE:
REGISTERS
REVOLUTIONS
PER
MINUTE
Of
THE
ENGINE
AND
CAN
BE
RECALIBRATED
fOR
ACCURACY
fROM
THE
REAR
Of
THE
WATER
TEMPERIITUFIE
/
ALARM
LIGHT
START
BUTTON:
WHEN
PRESSED,
ENERGIZES
THE
STARTER'S
SOLENOID
WHICH
CRANKS
THE
ENGINE,
THIS
BUTTON
WILL
NOT
OPERATE
ELECTRICALLY
UNLESS
THE
PREHEAT
BUTTON
IS
PRESSED
AND
HELD
ATTHE
SAME
TIME.
The
panel
also
includes
an
alarm
buzzer.
for
low
OIL
PRESSURE
or
high
COOLANT
TEMPERATURE.
The
RPM
gauge
is
illuminated
when
the
KEY
switch
is
turned
oil
and
remains
illuminated
while
the
engine
is
in
operation.
ALARM:
THE
ALARM
WILL
SOUND
If
THE
ENGINE'S
OIL
PRESSURE
fALLS
BELOW
5 -10
psi
(0.4
-
0.7
kg/em').
IN
THIS
EVENT,
THE
ALARM
WILL
EMIT
A
PULSATING
SIGNAL
THE
ALARM
WILL
ALSO
SOUND
If
THE
COOLANT
TEMPERATURE
IN
THE
fRESHWATER
COOLING
CIRCUIT
RISES
TO
210'f
(99'C).
IN
THIS
EVENT,
THE
ALARM
WILL
EMIT
A
CONTINUOUS
SIGNAL.
NOTE:
THE
ALARM
WILL
SOUND
WHEN
THE
KEY
SWITCH
IS
TURNED
ON.
THIS
SOUNDING
IS
NORMAL.
ONCE
THE
ENGINE
STARTS
AND
THE
ENGINE'S
OIL
PRESSURE
REACHES
15
psi
(1.1
kg/em'),
THE
ALARM
WILL
SILENCE
TEST
BUTTON:
WHEN
PRESSED,
TESTS
THE
ALTERNATOR,
THE
OIL
PRESSURE,
AND
THE
COOLANTTEMPERA-
TURE
CONTROL
CIR-
CUITS.
WHEN
PRESSED,
THE
ALTERNATOR,
THE
OIL
PRESSURE,
AND
THE
WATER
TEMPERA·
TURE
INOICATOR
LIGHTS
ILLUMINATE
IN
ADDITION
TO
SOUND·
ING
THE
ALARM
BUZZER,
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SWITCH:
PROVIDES
POWER
ONLYTO
THE
INSTRUMENT
PANEL
CLUSTER.
'PR'FHFI'T
R11TTO,N'
WHEN
PRESSED,
ENERGIZES
THE
ALTERNATOR'S
EXCITER,
THE
fUEL
LIfT
PUMP,
THE
FUEL
SOLENOID
ON
THE
INJECTION
PUMP,
ANO
THE
ENGINE'S
GLOW
PLUGS,
AND
BYPASSES
THE
ENGINE'S
OIL
PRES-
SURE
ALARM
SWITCH.
IN
ADDITION,
THIS
BUTTON
ENER-
GIZES
THE
START
BUTTON,
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