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Phil Randolph

My new idiot light

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As some of you know I recently had an oil pump failure and I didn't notice the gauge drop to zero. After pulling the engine, turning the crank, replacing the bearings and putting the engine back in I decided that it would be a good idea to install an idiot light. I picked up some small red LEDs and put them inside my gauge. Here is a pic of the results I think that it was $12 well spent.

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Posted on: 2016/2/26 13:37

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BigKev

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Nicey done and unobtrusive unless a problem arises!

Posted on: 2016/2/26 13:45

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HH56

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Outstanding idea. Just a single LED or did you use multiple. Anything visible at all when off or just placed inside the cluster below the instrument like the regular bulb and reflection is enough to light up the general face area.

Posted on: 2016/2/26 13:55

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Phil Randolph

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I epoxied 2 small LEDs inside the gauge face. They don't show at all when off.

Posted on: 2016/2/26 14:17

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Guscha

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Quote:

...After pulling the engine, turning the crank, replacing the bearings and putting the engine back...

... the time has come to rename this light.

Posted on: 2016/2/26 16:39

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JWL

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Quote:

Guscha wrote:
Quote:
...After pulling the engine, turning the crank, replacing the bearings and putting the engine back...

... the time has come to rename this light.

How about: "Your Engine is Junk" light?

(o{}o)

Posted on: 2016/2/26 18:44

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Larry51

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Great idea! Saves a load of work plus you might not get stranded somewhere with a blown engine and need to be hauled home.

(I'd also like one that comes on just before Wall Street is about to crash).

Posted on: 2016/2/26 19:04

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acolds

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Another idea for extra protection install a oil pressure cut of switch to kill power to ignition when you loose oil pressure used on a lot of industrial equipment. Sort of belt and suspenders type of engineering. Summit racing has large selection of this type of switch.

Posted on: 2016/2/26 19:48

Phil Randolph

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Thought about the ignition cutoff - pressure switch to a normally closed relay to coil power.

Posted on: 2016/2/26 20:57

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Craig Hendrickson

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Phil,

Great idea! Plus the ignition cut-off too.

I've used something like this before (certainly before LEDs) on my race cars. Also on some Gen-2 Firebird Trans Ams which could go to zero oil pressure by doing sustained high speed cornering (at ~1.0+ G) even with a perfectly good oil pump.

Now I have to figure out where to put it.

Craig

Posted on: 2016/2/27 5:39

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