Oil Pressure & Temp gauge??
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Oil Pressure & Temp gauge?? - 5/16/2008 3:43:51 AM
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sutphen30
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Can I add a Oil temp & Pressure gauge to my 75 Ironhead?? If so how and what should I buy?? Thanks.... Bike is slowly coming together... lots of grime and grease to clean... love it....
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RE: Oil Pressure & Temp gauge?? - 5/16/2008 6:39:28 AM
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dirty78ironhead
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I have a pressure gauge on my 78 on the rear rockerbox. I just bought an adaptor the replaces the rocker bolt and then a gauge threads into it. As a matter of fact that is the only gauge I have on the bike!
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RE: Oil Pressure & Temp gauge?? - 5/16/2008 10:56:43 PM
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supr2nr
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sutphen did you get the wiring on the bike all straightened out?
dirty78ironhead is talking about something like this http://www.jpcycles.com/productdetail.aspx?PID=5700010&cs=Vintage&GID=1216C81D-3D07-4E9B-96D4-A4B8078AC87B&store=&page=&search=
As far as the temp guage goes, thats sort of up to you. You could probably fab up your own oil temp guage. I have yet to find an actual guage for that. But if your concerned about engine temp. or oil temp then your best bet would be to install an oil cooler.
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RE: Oil Pressure & Temp gauge?? - 5/26/2008 11:09:41 AM
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sutphen30
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still working on the wiring! Kind of been just taking things apart! So that link on the ooil pressure gauge is real cool!! Now where do I tap that gauge into? I just want to make sure i have oil pressure running through the bike! I do have an oil cooler on board!
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RE: Oil Pressure & Temp gauge?? - 5/26/2008 11:22:16 AM
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Skinner
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Here's a pic of an oil press. gauge installed in the plug on the front side of the rear rocker cover as mentioned above.
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RE: Oil Pressure & Temp gauge?? - 5/26/2008 12:01:36 PM
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sutphen30
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Got it Perfect fix to what I need!! Thanks
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RE: Oil Pressure & Temp gauge?? - 5/26/2008 1:18:08 PM
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piniongear
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I am sure not trying to burst anyone's bubble here, but the maximum oil pressure you are going to get in an ironhead's rocker box is something like 6 psi. On a 0 to 30 psi gage you will not even get 6psi to register (correctly anyway) on the face of the gage. So it leaves you thinking.....My God, the oil pump has failed! No pressure.
I'd spend that coin somewhere else myself........pg
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RE: Oil Pressure & Temp gauge?? - 5/26/2008 1:23:04 PM
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Skinner
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quote:
ORIGINAL: piniongear
I am sure not trying to burst anyone's bubble here, but the maximum oil pressure you are going to get in an ironhead's rocker box is something like 6 psi. On a 0 to 30 psi gage you will not even get 6psi to register (correctly anyway) on the face of the gage. So it leaves you thinking.....My God, the oil pump has failed! No pressure.
I'd spend that coin somewhere else myself........pg
PG - When I start it up cold, it will read 30-35 psi (not that I know for sure the guage is correct). Once it is warmed up, yes it shows around 4-6 pounds. I agree. Looking at the oil pressure guage in that location at an idle can be a heart attack waiting to happen.
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RE: Oil Pressure & Temp gauge?? - 5/26/2008 1:33:45 PM
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piniongear
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'Once it is warmed up, yes it shows around 4-6 pounds'
Yes, that's the running pressure. I just wanted everyone to
know the score with putting a pressure gage on an ironhead. This is a case where an idiot light is a better choice, imho..........pg
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RE: Oil Pressure & Temp gauge?? - 5/26/2008 1:36:10 PM
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supr2nr
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quote:
ORIGINAL: piniongear
I am sure not trying to burst anyone's bubble here, but the maximum oil pressure you are going to get in an ironhead's rocker box is something like 6 psi. On a 0 to 30 psi gage you will not even get 6psi to register (correctly anyway) on the face of the gage. So it leaves you thinking.....My God, the oil pump has failed! No pressure.
I'd spend that coin somewhere else myself........pg
but it looks cool! LOL.
I used to have one on the rear rocker box and really your right the only thing it was good for was telling oil pressure at cold start up. After that it's just sort of pointless. Normal oil pressure on the ironhead after warm is like 3-6 PSI. Thats hardly enough to read aything. On mine all it would do was bounce around from vibration more than anything. It became a real big headache for me when I the threads on the connector to the rocker box stripped and the thing fell out while driving down the road. Then I had to put the bike up for a few days until I got a new set of rocker box end caps.
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