Dave H (MI)
Well-known Member
Having been SERIOUSLY burned by an oil issue last fall...and let's be real clear here...I was burned to the ground. Not the combine, me personally. Just a human shaped pile of ashes with a checkbook in his hand. Anyway...
When I bought the fool machine the oil pressure gauge was not working. Stupidly, I did not address this issue because I only had about 7 acres of corn and...well...what are the chances, RIGHT? Well, the #@!!# IH engine went low on oil without me catching it and I cooked a bearing. I don't care to discuss it further.
My thing is now I would like to have a working oil pressure gauge. The one in the control panel is permanently pegged all the way over to the right. I would like to install a gauge that works, maybe something new that I can mount right in front of me. Maybe something with an alarm to tell me if the oil pressure drops? But anything is better than what I have now.
I am not thinking this is a difficult job? Just got done getting my old 863 corn head back to working order so have not had time to really look at it but I am thinking it must involve a sending unit, some wiring, and then of course the actual gauge. Am I anywhere near close or is there more to it?
When I bought the fool machine the oil pressure gauge was not working. Stupidly, I did not address this issue because I only had about 7 acres of corn and...well...what are the chances, RIGHT? Well, the #@!!# IH engine went low on oil without me catching it and I cooked a bearing. I don't care to discuss it further.
My thing is now I would like to have a working oil pressure gauge. The one in the control panel is permanently pegged all the way over to the right. I would like to install a gauge that works, maybe something new that I can mount right in front of me. Maybe something with an alarm to tell me if the oil pressure drops? But anything is better than what I have now.
I am not thinking this is a difficult job? Just got done getting my old 863 corn head back to working order so have not had time to really look at it but I am thinking it must involve a sending unit, some wiring, and then of course the actual gauge. Am I anywhere near close or is there more to it?