scoobydooby914
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| posted on 31/7/10 at 06:45 PM |
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few problems
hi everyone, just bought myself a mk indy blade, and the car is spot on except for a few issues with the gauges. first of all my oil pressure gauge
goes straight over to 90psi as soon as you turn on the ignition, and when you start the engine it just stays put at 90.
secondly my speedo has a mind of its own and when changing gear it quite often jumps over to 100mph and then drops back down. any help would be
amazing.
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spiderman01980
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| posted on 31/7/10 at 06:53 PM |
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are the clocks originaly of the blade or are the odd gages?
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scoobydooby914
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| posted on 31/7/10 at 07:12 PM |
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no it has a full set of aftermarket clocks
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interestedparty
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| posted on 31/7/10 at 07:19 PM |
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wiring faults, you need to get in there and sort it out, or get someone else to. What dfid the previosu owner say about it?
As some day it may happen that a victim must be found,
I've got a little list-- I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground,
And who never would be missed-- who never would be missed!
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scoobydooby914
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| posted on 31/7/10 at 07:35 PM |
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ive only just noticed it. where does a bike engined kit car normally get a speed signal from
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tomgregory2000
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| posted on 31/7/10 at 08:18 PM |
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oil pressure
No earth on the sender!!
Thus causing the gauge to see max resistance and therefore think it has high oil pressure
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scoobydooby914
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| posted on 31/7/10 at 08:32 PM |
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any ideas where somebody would have put an oil pressure sender on an 893 fireblade engine as ive found the sender for the light and its only got one
wire coming from it so im guessing someone has put another one in
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interestedparty
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| posted on 31/7/10 at 09:06 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scoobydooby914
any ideas where somebody would have put an oil pressure sender on an 893 fireblade engine as ive found the sender for the light and its only got one
wire coming from it so im guessing someone has put another one in
sender switches to earth (through engine)
As some day it may happen that a victim must be found,
I've got a little list-- I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground,
And who never would be missed-- who never would be missed!
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norfolkluego
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| posted on 31/7/10 at 10:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tomgregory2000
oil pressure
No earth on the sender!!
Thus causing the gauge to see max resistance and therefore think it has high oil pressure
+1 had exactly the same problem/cause when we swopped engine
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scoobydooby914
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| posted on 1/8/10 at 10:12 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by norfolkluego
quote:
Originally posted by tomgregory2000
oil pressure
No earth on the sender!!
Thus causing the gauge to see max resistance and therefore think it has high oil pressure
+1 had exactly the same problem/cause when we swopped engine
and what was it?
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interestedparty
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| posted on 1/8/10 at 10:46 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scoobydooby914
quote:
Originally posted by norfolkluego
quote:
Originally posted by tomgregory2000
oil pressure
No earth on the sender!!
Thus causing the gauge to see max resistance and therefore think it has high oil pressure
+1 had exactly the same problem/cause when we swopped engine
and what was it?
The problem was that there was no earth on the sender 
Have you got a wiring diagram for the engine, if you haven't, best you get one and start getting familiar with it. Haynes manual will do very
well.
As some day it may happen that a victim must be found,
I've got a little list-- I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground,
And who never would be missed-- who never would be missed!
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spiderman01980
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| posted on 1/8/10 at 11:50 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scoobydooby914
ive only just noticed it. where does a bike engined kit car normally get a speed signal from
if its by cable it would come from the front wheel(on a bike) and digital once i think have a pulse sender coming off the sproket by the engine but
not sure, check your diff where the prop bolts on too see if there is a sender there!
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scoobydooby914
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| posted on 3/8/10 at 01:12 PM |
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Thanks guys
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