top end coiler from ape.

[Anonymous]

i have heard that some top end oilers for the 1100's need fittings made and set up, but does the ape top end oiler bolt right on without any fittings like it says on the page?

 

[rosco15]

It comes with everything you need.

 

[Guest]

you lose our oil light with that one. there is no place for your pressure switch.

 

[Dink]

Katman this is easy to fix!!! get an 1150 cover it has room for two sensors, you cna then refit your oil light switch
Dink

 

[Guest]

10-4 Dink,

I would use the oem cover and tap it for the oil line or use the oil temp tap and forget the aftermarket one. But dude was wondering if it was a turn key system from APE.

and it isn't for a street machine.

I am using this block with the billit cam link.

 

[Hap Call]

I went another route and put an oil pressure gauge (0-15 PSI) on the oil galley on the right hand side of the engine. But this does require drilling and tapping the screwed in oil plug...about 5 dollars at a local machine shop. The oil filled gauge runs about $60.


Hap

 

[Guest]

Hey hap,

do you have a pic of the gauge?

 

[Hap Call]

Hey hap,

do you have a pic of the gauge?

I can get a closeup. Give me a little time. You can see the gauge here in this picture...it is that silver thing just below the topend oiler line...

One issue is that when it's dark you can't read the gauge...I'm thinking of trying a LED light on it somehow. One other thing...make sure it is a liquid filled gauge or it will last about only 40 miles due to vibration.


Hap

 

[Guest]

nice bike Hap.....

is it a standard 2 1/8 kind of gauge? and you have it on a 90 fitting?

 

[Hap Call]

It's a 40mm (1 1/2 in) gauge with 1/8 NPT center back connection, with Glycerin fill, 316 stainless wetted parts. I do have it mounted on a 90 degree elbow.

http://www.mcdanielcontrols.com/mod...&p_spec_CH=Options&UPDATE=MODEL&UPDATEVALUE=S

Hap

 

[Hap Call]

Here are some close-ups:

Well, maybe a little TOO close on the last two...

Hap

 

[Mark Harrop]

I have the same setup on my hondachopper cb750. The gauge isn't liquid filled though.....I hope it works when I fire it up for the first time.

 

[SqDancerLynn1]

I still haven't put one on my bike, I was going to use a liquid filled fuel pressure gauge 0-15 lbs they are about $30-35 at least from Summit Racing

 

[terry]

I run oil pressure gauges on all my bikes, they're generally lots better insurance than a light bulb anyway, and on my old sohc Honda CB750's they're critical.

I made an oil cooler adapter for a GS'er with an oil temp sender, and a seperate oil pressure gauge with braided line that he could mount in a fairing or on a bracket near his speedo/tach, and the gauge was also backlit.

It also allowed him to keep his original oil pressure sender so he can use his OEM oil pressure light. The gauges are pretty easy to find, it's the adapters that aren't as plentiful as they once were. Still, for purveyors of ancient japanese musclebikes, necessity is still the mother of invention! Cheers, Terry. :twisted:

 

[lhanscom]

Hey Hap, do you remember the details on the elbow for that gauge? Did you have to modify it to screw into the block, or did it come with the right threads? I'm making a top end oiler, and am not exactly sure what size/thread I'll need for the oil passages. I like the idea of the gauge too, since I'll be losing my oil light.

Thanks

 

[SqDancerLynn1]

1/4" pipe thread

 

[Hap Call]

Hey Hap, do you remember the details on the elbow for that gauge? Did you have to modify it to screw into the block, or did it come with the right threads? I'm making a top end oiler, and am not exactly sure what size/thread I'll need for the oil passages. I like the idea of the gauge too, since I'll be losing my oil light.

Thanks

The elbow is a brass 1/8" NPT (national pipe thread) with a male end and a female end. It cost about $1.50. What I did was take the plug from the oil galley and had a hole drilled in it then had the hole tapped out to fit the 1/8" NPT threads of the elbow. A decent machine shop can do it for you for less than $5 or you can have a friend who works in industry take it to work and have it done at the plant machine shop. I ordered the gauge with 1/8" NPT center back mount.

I hope that helps....

Hap

 

[lhanscom]

Thanks! I picked up some 1/4 pipe joints tonight, and it looks like they fit. I'll be working on the oil pressure gauge a little later on. Thanks again for the help.