I was on page 901 in the J&P Cycles catalog and noticed that there is a gauge to measure your oil temperature. It mounts right in place of the ambient air temp gage and says that it is an "easy install". They feature it in a white face and in a black face.

Has anyone installed it? How is it? Easy? Nice? etc.

Thanks,

Denis

 

I bought the HD one but have not installed it yet. Many people have talked about the guage from wallys cycle world. By what I have read it is an extremely simple install. I believe if you go to the do it yourself section somewhere i found a post that showed step by step install and even had pictures to reference.

 

Same Gauge, less expensive...


http://www.wallyscycleworld.com/onlinespecials.asp

 

Looks like Wally's cycle doesn't have the white faced gauge, but has a black or silver faced.

Thanks for the input.

 

Wally's is number one - easy install and ACCURATE/RELIABLE.

 

Denis,

There is a step-by-step guide for installing the gage from Wally's on the forum. https://www.hdforums.com/m_96556/tm.htm
This might give you a better idea of the work involved.

 

The Wally's one has a sending unit that attaches in/to the oil pan, the HD gauge uses an inline adaptor with a sending unit installed in the adaptor.

 

that was wierd the oil gauge read over 200 not hooked up.while the air gauge read 0?

 

what should the oil temp stay in for normal operations?

 

Are the LED dipstick oil temp jobbies just as accurate? Seems like it would be less of a hassle to put in a new dipstick with a guage, just my .02. But, as with everything else on here I will probably put this shabang on my wish list for future mods[]