7. Next Rich ran the hose through the frame rails to the right side of the bike and attached the inner half of the adapter to the oil filter attach point with the supplied adapter nut. He then torqued the adapter nut to 40 lb-ft and tightened the hose fitting.7. Next Rich ran the hose through the frame rails to the right side of the bike and attac 8. Rich then removed the right side floorboard's front Allen bolt 9. Then he attached the hose to the Oil Bud cooler. 10. He then slipped the flat brackets on the left side of the cooler plate over the left side frame rail and slipped the vertical bracket on the right side of the cooler inside the right frame rail and aligned the bracket hole with the floorboard bolt hole. He inserted the floorboard Allen bolt (arrow) and re-installed the floorboard.10. He then slipped the flat brackets on the left side of the cooler plate over the left 11. Next, Rich loosely attached the remaining hose and fitting to the outer half of the adapter.11. Next, Rich loosely attached the remaining hose and fitting to the outer half of the a 12. This hose (arrow) was fished under the regulator then Rich mated the adapter halves with the four Allen screws. The shorter Allen screws install in the bottom of the adapter. Rich alternately tightened each Allen screw to insure even alignment of the adapter halves.12. This hose (arrow) was fished under the regulator then Rich mated the adapter halves w 13. Then Rich reinstalled the nuts on the regulator and tightened the hose fittings.13. Then Rich reinstalled the nuts on the regulator and tightened the hose fittings. 14. Using thread sealant, Rich installed the temperature sender into the adapter port and reinstalled the oil filter and slipped the temperature sender wires up to the instrument panel.14. Using thread sealant, Rich installed the temperature sender into the adapter port and 15. …reinstalled the oil filter and slipped the temperature sender wires up to the instrument panel.15. …reinstalled the oil filter and slipped the temperature sender wires up to the instru 16. The outer fairing was then removed to gain access to the air temperature gauge.16. The outer fairing was then removed to gain access to the air temperature gauge. 17. Rich then unplugged the stock air temperature gauge. The top black/orange wire plug is for illumination and not used on the Dakota Digital gauge. The bottom black/orange/blue wire plug contains ground, power, and ambient temperature in that order.17. Rich then unplugged the stock air temperature gauge. The top black/orange wire plug i 18. To retain the stock wiring harness, Rich used short jumper wires with male spades to connect the gauge to the stock plug's power and ground female spades. Then he connected the oil temperature sender and ground wires to the gauge. Next he turned on the bike's accessory switch to verify the gauge worked. And it did-it was showing ambient temperature18. To retain the stock wiring harness, Rich used short jumper wires with male spades to 19. Finally we reinstalled the batwing fairing cover and the lower fairings. Here's the easy to read Dakota Digital gauge showing our garage temperature before a test ride. As stated earlier, the Oil Bud did its job. After some test miles Rich stated he noticed the bike was running much cooler than before.19. Finally we reinstalled the batwing fairing cover and the lower fairings. Here's the e Sources Oil Bud 406-457-2458 www.budsbikerparts.net Dakota Digital 605-332-6513 www.dakotadigital.com « | 1 | 2 | View Full Article By Ronnie W. Powell Enjoyed this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed, or use your favorite social media to recommend us to friends and colleagues!
