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Old 05-04-2012, 11:46 PM
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Default oil pressure gauge

I took out my hour meter and replaced it with an oil pressure gauge. On air cooled motors the oil temp is really what you are concerned with anyway. I put the hour meter under the hood next to the oil filter. After all we don't actually watch the meter while we are running the tractor do we and I never figured out why we had it on the panel instead of oil pressure or oil temp.? Here are the pictures of my gauge and the fitting that sends the pressure to the gauge as well as the hour meter.
BTW, as the temp rises the oil pressure will drop to a lower level. I do not know what this temp is but on a hot day it never goes below about 35psi.
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