Hi all,
went to my trusty (new) mechanic last night, Savage is on a hydraulic pedestal, engine off, the premises are clean and all the bits&bolts are neatly laid out in a rational way - gives you a snug comfy feeling.
The old camshaft was badly worn, apparently from running dry - which is odd considering I had been running with a more or less overfilled sump for the last year or so...
The old mechanic in Naples proved a cheat - charged me for fitting new cam chain and camshaft (Lancer's own) but never really did the job, just opened the packages, dirtied the new parts with old oil and said "there you are, kid - pay up !"... which I did, happily riding away in a supposedly "new" motor which possibly only had new oil...
Soooo...
Now I have a machined head, to burr away the ugly scrapings in the camshaft journals, just skimmed the mating surface to the cylinder (the more you machine away, the looser the cam chain gets... think about it) a new camshaft and my new chain finally fitted (along with Verslagen's modified cam chain tensioner, the only bit that sleazy thief ever did fit) and am looking at reinstalling the engine back to the frame.
Sooo...
Question : I understand there's a "service plug" hidden just behind the front right footpeg, from where many lead the plumbing for an oil cooler; I am not looking at an oil cooler, but a combined oil pressure / temperature gauge, such as this:
It costs a full 93 GB Pounds, plus shipping, but it really looks great and is the same size as the 2" tacho already fitted to the drag bars.
BUT : is it possible to fit both temperature and pressure gauges to the engine? Frome the same service plug ?
If this were not possible, then I'd opt for the oil temperature gauge (78 GB Pounds) :
I'm just curious... those of you with a temperature gauge, or in the know... what is the "hot" temperature a Savage can reach on a hot summer's day, in traffic ?
Will the Savage keep its cool (so a 110C - 240F gauge is OK) , or become hot (fo I'll need a 140C - 300F gauge)
By the way, these gauges come with a metallic capillary tube topped by a sensor bulb threaded 5/8th UNF - I understand the service plug is 14mm x 1.25 or something, so I'll also need an adapter.
Hints ? Ideas ? Whodunit ???