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Started by Burns, May 08, 2014, 02:37:45 PM

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Burns

May 08, 2014, 02:37:45 PM
I'm fabbing-up a dashboard to carry some instruments (volts, oil pressure, oil temp) and have no idea where/how to mount the oil temp and oil pressure sending units.

Anyone here been there/done that?

All suggestions deeply appreciated.
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FJmonkey

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May 08, 2014, 09:18:23 PM
Quote from: Burns on May 08, 2014, 02:37:45 PM
I'm fabbing-up a dashboard to carry some instruments (volts, oil pressure, oil temp) and have no idea where/how to mount the oil temp and oil pressure sending units.

Anyone here been there/done that?

All suggestions deeply appreciated.

Search for posts from skymasteres, he made a dash for his extra bits....
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racerrad8

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May 08, 2014, 10:14:28 PM
Here is the oil galley adapter needed for the sending unit mounting for the engine.

http://rpmracingca.com/proddetail.asp?prod=Engine%3ARPMMGP

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skymasteres

#3
May 09, 2014, 12:15:32 AM
If you get a couple of Randy's galley adapters you're all set for mounting the senders. Then it's just getting your wires up to the triple tree.

Here's my Mark I panel http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=7691.msg100487#msg100487

And here is the Mark II http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=7691.msg101945#msg101945

I'm currently working on the Mark III panel.  :wacko2:

Burns

#4
May 09, 2014, 09:52:05 AM
GREAT.  Thank you all very much.
There's nothing you can do that can't be done.

JMR

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May 11, 2014, 03:03:29 PM






Don't know how the CB engine got in there

Pat Conlon

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May 11, 2014, 03:33:39 PM
A million dollar CB engine no less.... :good2:

Hey Mike, re: oil pressure gauge: at idle on a hot engine, how much oil pressure does your gauge show?
I bet it was alarming the first time....
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May 11, 2014, 05:29:27 PM
Quote from: Pat Conlon on May 11, 2014, 03:33:39 PM
A million dollar CB engine no less.... :good2:

Hey Mike, re: oil pressure gauge: at idle on a hot engine, how much oil pressure does your gauge show?
I bet it was alarming the first time....
That's a good question Pat....not very much at all. :biggrin: The oil pressure gauge is an electric sender unit which makes it a bit less accurate than a good mechanical piece BUT regardless it is low ( like 10 or 15lbs if lucky) when that oil is hot and thinned out. I just started the FJ today for the first time this season and it goes to 75lbs when cold with 20-50W.
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