Oil Temp. Gauge
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Tourer
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Oil Temp. Gauge
Installed an Oil Temp. Gauge, sure is more usefull than the Ambient Air Temp. Gauge. The only issue is that I have absolutly no idea what the temp. is under my fairing next to my headlight. LOL
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RE: Oil Temp. Gauge
ORIGINAL: Timex
Installed an Oil Temp. Gauge, sure is more usefull than the Ambient Air Temp. Gauge. The only issue is that I have absolutly no idea what the temp. is under my fairing next to my headlight. LOL
Installed an Oil Temp. Gauge, sure is more usefull than the Ambient Air Temp. Gauge. The only issue is that I have absolutly no idea what the temp. is under my fairing next to my headlight. LOL
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RE: Oil Temp. Gauge
...or when it tells you it's 120F at an 8,000 mountain peak at 8pm...
ORIGINAL: Unome
Yeah, riding during the winter when it's 40 and that damn gauge telling you it's 75 kind of pisses one off.
ORIGINAL: Timex
Installed an Oil Temp. Gauge, sure is more usefull than the Ambient Air Temp. Gauge. The only issue is that I have absolutly no idea what the temp. is under my fairing next to my headlight. LOL
Installed an Oil Temp. Gauge, sure is more usefull than the Ambient Air Temp. Gauge. The only issue is that I have absolutly no idea what the temp. is under my fairing next to my headlight. LOL
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From: North West Ohio
RE: Oil Temp. Gauge
What gage did you use? Is it a match with the others? How involved was it to install? I have been thinking of doing that to my SG. The air temp gage really is useless.
Thanks,
Mike
Thanks,
Mike
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RE: Oil Temp. Gauge
I recently purchased and installed a Fairing Mount Oil Temperature Gauge (P/N 75324-05, 75265-04, 75320-05) on my Street Glide. Should any others choose to install one on their FLH fairing I offer the following: The gauge face is very similar to the original but not an exact match. The gauge face quality seems a bit less than the original equipment. The install requires the removal of the seat, fuel tank, headlight, oil line cover (*not reinstalled per the instructions), and fairing outer cover. The instructions tell you to disconnect the battery (and remove, (not sure why)) and the oil filter and drain the oil, which is not necessary if you do it on the side stand (oil loss was less than three tablespoons). The toughest part of the job is fitting the sending unit assembly into the oil supply (lower) hose located between the right rear engine case and the transmission case. The required hose clamps are located in a very tight spot. Adding to the problem was the bronze elbow/tee fitting, which allows the installation of the sending unit into the supply line has a larger radius in the elbow than that needed, so fittings did not align with each other making the close-coupled close-quartered connections even more difficult. I have above average mechanical skills (34 yrs working experience) and sufficient tools to accomplish nearly any job but this one kicked my butt, taking nearly eight hours to complete.
* I modified the the oil line cover to make it fit after the gage install.
There is other info on this subject on this site, which indicates there may be an easier way so do the search first.
Fair warning,
FBL
* I modified the the oil line cover to make it fit after the gage install.
There is other info on this subject on this site, which indicates there may be an easier way so do the search first.
Fair warning,
FBL
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RE: Oil Temp. Gauge
I installed the wally's oil temp gauge yesterday on my FLHTCU. The install is pretty much a plug & play install, you have a sending unit that screws into the extra drain hole next to the oil drain, then you run a single wire up the frame into the faiding & crimp a connector on it & plug it in. The kit includes a duetch plug that has some spade connectrs already on it & all you do is plug it on to the facorty plug. I moved my fuel gauge to where the air temp gauge was due to not being able to get my hands in there to install the oil temp gauge, i installed the oil temp gauge where the fuel gauge went.
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RE: Oil Temp. Gauge
I've installed 1/2 a dozen of the HD gauges & I really like them, but they are definitely a PITA to install as FBL says.
Here is the fitting he talks about
Every one I have installed, I had to grind the ends of the brass fittings to fit. I do not remove the battery, drain the oil or remove the gas tank however.
It is pretty easy to get the cover to go back on even though the instructions claim otherwise.
The first one I installed took me about 5 hours longer than I originally thought it would & I have been a mechanic my whole life(I built a Harley chopper from scratch in 1970)
~John
Here is the fitting he talks about
Every one I have installed, I had to grind the ends of the brass fittings to fit. I do not remove the battery, drain the oil or remove the gas tank however.
It is pretty easy to get the cover to go back on even though the instructions claim otherwise.
The first one I installed took me about 5 hours longer than I originally thought it would & I have been a mechanic my whole life(I built a Harley chopper from scratch in 1970)
~John
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Why the pain - get a 50 cent bushing and install in the extra oil pan plug.
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RE: Oil Temp. Gauge
I'm convinced that H-D put the air temp gauge on the '07's instead of an oil temp gauge because they didn't want us to know how hot and lean the damn things were set up at the factory. I mean, c'mon MOCO, really ... what good is an ambient air temp gauge???