XB voltmeter with a twist!

[Cooter]

As Buellers, we can agree that Xb's should have come with a voltmeter or at least battery light. The mod is simple and been done enough times to not re-hash it here.

But I'm going to anyway :angel:

The process is the same, take apart the dash, dremel clearance, install gauge...



BUT a long time ago on e-bay I found these:


a Temp gauge!

 

[Cooter]

Its actually a voltmeter:

an illuminated clock, so you can still have your fuel or trip meter showing:up::

a timer:

AND a temp meter, with a handy probe so you can use it for ambient temp, intake temp, and it's just long enough to zip tie or wedge into the oil cooler for oil temp


I mounted the clock/set buttons flush to the side of the housing, and this little thing with either automatically rotate through temp, clock, voltage, or you can set it on one thing and use the buttons to change the readout.

The only bummer is the readout uses C* like the rest of the educated world
Maybe I could find a Farenheight one if I went far enough down the e-bay wormhole, but this will do for now

 

[njloco]

O.k., I got it, took me awhile because I was dizzy from looking at it upside down, COOL job !

 

[34nineteen]

Ok TPEHAK, how about posting up a link? And a pic of the side buttons.

The Celsius reading is not an big deal, as I will just use it for reference to tell how hot things are overall. Because when the manual calls out a temp, where are they actually taking that reading from??

 

[09XB12Ss]

Link please!!!

 

[Cooter]

A link for what?

and I'll get side pics when I'm damn well ready!!

I would think the engine gets its temp signal from the TEMPERATURE SENSOR in the cylinder head Of course unless I AM WRONG!!!! and someone will be by shortly to CORRECT ME BY YELLING out of context and off-point.:upset:

 

[34nineteen]

The temp sensor is just a switch that grounds out. Iirc you can ground that wire and the ecm will kick the fan on.


Wow, I did that all in caps and the forum converted it to mixed case.

 

[09XB12Ss]

A link for what?

Where you got gauge. All the ones I’ve found are way too big.

 

[Cooter]

NO! WRONG!

(still funny!)

The temp sensor reads actual engine temp from the cylinder head sensor to tell the engine how hot it is for everything from cold start, fan on/off temp to 'parade mode'. Thats why you can set a different temp digitally for the fan to turn on or off inside the ECM under ECM parameters. It's the ECM that sends the (-) signal to the fan relay and incidentally also why the fan is the only thing that runs when you hook up your Wal-mart battery and hook it up backwards:indecisiveness:







yesiknowitsnottechnically'parademode'onaBuellsokeepyourWRONGpantiesoutofatwistbutitswhatHarleycallsitwhentheirmotorsoverheatandneedprotectionfromrevlimitstocylinderdeactivation#aircooledlyfe.

 

[Cooter]

Ahh! a link to the gauge... I get it now. Duh, sorry.

I don't have that. I got these a long time ago and if I go down that wormhole, I'll just get a (*F) gauge.

But since you asked, I have an extra one. I ship it to ya for free, PM your address:angel:

 

[Cooter]

I'm so bored I looked up e-bay purchases from 2016. It wouldn't let me click it, maybe they aren't around anymore.

from "e-worldseller"

18B20 Probe DC 12V/24V Car Digital 3 in 1 Voltage Temp Gauge Meter LED 0.28"

0.28" is the size of the LED, maybe use that to look up things that fit?

 

[09XB12Ss]

Ahh! a link to the gauge... I get it now. Duh, sorry.

I don't have that. I got these a long time ago and if I go down that wormhole, I'll just get a (*F) gauge.

But since you asked, I have an extra one. I ship it to ya for free, PM your address:angel:

Trust me I understand the part of getting things a long time ago and then sitting around forever before you actually get to installing them. I had some cooling intakes that were more than 10 years old. Only just got them installed and when people saw them, they asked where I got them. I couldn’t find them or remember where I got them. Most likely they no longer produce them. Sending PM your way! Thanks!

 

[34nineteen]

NO! WRONG!

(still funny!)

The temp sensor reads actual engine temp from the cylinder head sensor to tell the engine how hot it is for everything from cold start, fan on/off temp to 'parade mode'. Thats why you can set a different temp digitally for the fan to turn on or off inside the ECM under ECM parameters. .

Good point.

It is weird to see a one wire sensor acting an actual sensor and not a switch.


You're just all twisted up because you read Parade magazine.... and then found out you've been mispronouncing it all these years.

 

[Cooter]

and then found out you've been mispronouncing it all these years.

Probably the oddest, yet hilariously re-usable quote I think I've ever seen.:eagerness: Try it! Add that to the end almost any sentence, and it changes everything!!


as your reward for such hilarity I present you with pics of my buttons:


and a bonus pic of the AMAZING bio-luminesence last night.

 

[rb70383]

https://www.alibaba.com/product-det...ltmeter_60082189741.html?fullFirstScreen=true

 

[Cooter]

That looks exactly like it, well done:up:

I've never used Ali? Is it shady?

 

[tukkayak]

Well done!

 

[tukkayak]

I did last month! I am finding it the opposite if transparent. It is like driving in a blinding snowstorm trying to stay between the lanes! Needless to say my money is gone and I have no idea where my parts are and if I will ever get them. I got an email that said the product had shipped. From where? Just my experience so far.

 

[rb70383]

I have ordered from them and have not had any issues. Takes a bit at times and tracking isn't always reliable. However, I have always gotten anything I have ordered.

Actually I got these Lights from there.

 

[Thompson.]

That's nice and clean.