Lloyd -- I don't remember a prior conversation about this, but you certainly raise some valid issues...
I think there is already an oil-pressure sensor and light on our SOHC bikes. Rather than insert another connection and oddly mounted gauge into the oil system, has anyone investigated replacing the 'on/off' oil pressure sensor with a transducer that reads pressure and converts it to electrical impulse which could be wired to a true gauge and/or light? I suspect the cost of this might be higher than the simple gauge hookups, but it would preserve the integrity of the OEM setup while providing more information at the instrument panel. Perhaps I'll have a look around VDO or someone similar's website, see if this is even possible... -- Jim Brokaw DoD #1415 SOHC/4 #40 AMA #716223 Santa Clara, CA _________________________________________________________ 1978 CB550K - First Bike 1978 CB750K - Big Brother 1980 CB750F - Money Pit 1994 VFR750F - Fast Bike _________________________________________________________ on 9/9/03 10:26 AM, Lloyd Oliver at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Help me out here please listers. > > Am I the only who remembers a previous disscussion about putting oil > guages on SOHC4s? Wasn't the sumation; that it was a bad/unneccessary > thing and the death of many motors due to failure of the connection/ > line/guage next to your foot dumping out all the oil and the engine > seizing due to oil starvation? Further, that the guage next to your > foot put your eyes focused on the worst possible area while riding, from > a safety standpoint? > > Was it a dream? Fantasy? > > I have to tell you that I love instrumentation. And, one of my bikes > has a guage down by the left foot. I didn't put it on. But, I have > repaired oil leaks there. I have this gut feeling that the probablility > of an oil pump failure is so low that adding an oil pressure gauge and > lines into the reliability equation actually increases the probability > of an oiling failure. I have to admit, though, that I have a very > unimpressive test case of just one. > > Anyone care to share some stories about how having the gauge saved their > engine and was worth the distraction and diverted attention from > road/traffic conditions? > > FWIW. Just trying to expose an alternative point of view... Feel free > to express your opinion. :-) > > Cheers, > Lloyd SOHC4 #11 > 72 500, 74 550, 75 550K, 75 550F, 76 550F, 77 550F X2, 78 550K, 77 750F, > 78 750F > > > > phil jones wrote: > >> Hi, I was interested to to read about oil pressure gauges for 750 fours.I >> received a smashing E-M<ail from 'Brian Hoover' in Utah-many thanks-who also >> supplied me with a pic of a gauge.I would daerly love to get hold of an oil >> gauge for my 1974 CB 750 K2,if anyone out there has one to sell please >> contact me.In the UK would be easier but all offers considered,thanks!! >>
