Flush mount "blank" replacement for fuel gauge?

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May 12, 2011 | 12:45 PM

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Keithhu

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I'm giving up and buying the kit. They win. Its too much trouble at this point.

I think the new LED gauge will have the wires and the connector so I should be fine.

I cut the wires on the gauge side, not the bike side.

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Originally Posted by jbg

And you already cut the wires...right? Ouch. I hope it's not too hard of a fix?

Well this sucks. I'd love to find a way to get that to be flush mount. Maybe I'll just talk to the service guys over at HD and see if they can find me a broken LED flush mount that might come in off a bike. I don't need/want one that works, but if that's the only think I can use to fill that spot, then I guess I just have to wait until I can find a broken one.

May 12, 2011 | 04:24 PM

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NorCalFBLO

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thanks for all your research---I was just about to go down that road myself. I guess I will also just bite the bullet and buy the LED gauge and try and not let it bother me.

May 13, 2011 | 08:06 AM

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ok...so it works on resistance......

lets gets a resistor of the right value and find out what 2 wires to connect it to on the bike side of the harness to show full fuel..

done.

May 13, 2011 | 08:35 AM

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jcallesano

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you can buy the parts seperately from surdyke. Call them and ask for two gas caps. Say you dont want the gas gauge but you want the push and trist cap for both sides of your speedo console.

May 13, 2011 | 08:55 AM

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Keithhu

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you can buy the parts seperately from surdyke. Call them and ask for two gas caps. Say you dont want the gas gauge but you want the push and trist cap for both sides of your speedo console.

The way I understand it is that the resitance varies based on the info from the fuel pump. If you put a static resistor in there, I dont think the speedo/tach fuel gauge will properly display the correct fuel level - will it?

May 13, 2011 | 09:23 AM

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jcallesano

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that would be something a HD expert would know. Maybe soe sort of by pass/relay/ maybe necessary.... not too sure. Unless you can rewire the "existing" wires for the gas mounted gauge to the new gauge/speedo.... but that might require some work. Or say F it and take the tank off and get the gauge hole filled in with sheet metal and have it all reapinted. : ) doubt youll go that route but, its an option right ?! ahah

May 13, 2011 | 02:28 PM

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Greaseball

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I got the solution for the OP

Take up smoking, and use the hole in the tank where the gauge was as an ashtray
Use the wiring to install a cigarette lighter

Thanks for all the trial and error on this one.