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Shoebox
04-13-2018, 10:50 PM
This seems counterintuitive. I push down on the controller, the plate goes down, which pushes the nose down, correct? Except pushing down and lowering the plate has the gauge show nose up. And vice versa. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180414/142f819463fbdafaea06d593ebcd1359.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180414/abcb93480f41bf20b7b996054014f9cb.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180414/1c1604895de1322b6a080c7597681f20.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180414/6348fa1be7b555f1e75a1c41789cbf18.jpg
Shoebox
04-13-2018, 10:57 PM
Video

https://youtu.be/ZloHXNqjrP8
Shoebox
04-13-2018, 11:01 PM
Another question, does everyone's wake plate do a little dance when you turn the key on? The first needle movement is just it matching the position of the plate. Then it does a little down and up movement.

https://youtu.be/YcVlvnLwhQs
russellsmojo
04-13-2018, 11:36 PM
Another question, does everyone's wake plate do a little dance when you turn the key on? The first needle movement is just it matching the position of the plate. Then it does a little down and up movement.

https://youtu.be/YcVlvnLwhQs

That’s working right from what I recall on my 2014 mojo.


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Shoebox
04-13-2018, 11:48 PM
That’s working right from what I recall on my 2014 mojo.


Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkPlate down with gauge showing nose up as well?
BigOrange
04-14-2018, 12:19 PM
Yes the "dance" at start up is normal. That is a system check that the controls are going through. As far as the gauge readout vs. up and down, that seems backwards to me as well.
kaneboats
04-15-2018, 01:50 AM
Hmmm. Seems to me that plate up should be nose up while plate down should be nose down.
Shoebox
04-15-2018, 02:06 AM
Hmmm. Seems to me that plate up should be nose up while plate down should be nose down.Yeah me too.

If anyone has access to their boat and can take a pic of the wire positions on the connector that plugs into the gauge, it would be very helpful. This is what mine looks like. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180415/0326a6ddf9b9c903f6d734df170e56e4.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180415/c04181792c697e07886fb66ef59c28fe.jpg
DOCDRS
04-15-2018, 11:16 AM
Maybe there is a polarity switch on the gauge. Check the back of for any switch. Does that wireing come from the steering colum lever or from the plate actuator ram?
Shoebox
04-15-2018, 12:20 PM
Maybe there is a polarity switch on the gauge. Check the back of for any switch. Does that wireing come from the steering colum lever or from the plate actuator ram?That's a good idea, I'll check tomorrow. The wiring comes out of that giant harness by my hand. No clue where it originates.
zabooda
04-15-2018, 04:32 PM
Plate down causes more lift in the aft end and results in the bow going down like the wake plate guage picture shows. Something is connected backwards.
Shoebox
04-27-2018, 07:13 PM
Now it's really acting up. The needle moves around on the bottom of the gauge now. I guess the upside is that it kinda points to the right indication that way.

It also retracts itself when I slow to a stop. Is that a feature of the computer or is that off too?
Wakeplate downhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180427/b4931e24067ae0361a3a7432552be4df.jpg

Wakeplate uphttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180427/f6587d78012950e0a352d0fa2ff45ad5.jpg