Gear indicator for the oil cooled engines

[kokolis]

I ve found a way for a faultless gear indicator for a sacs engine.
I ve also build one on my slabby which works a treat for the last couple of months.
If any interest, I ll post some info

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Jul 13, 2014 9:41:37 GMT kokolis said:

I ve found a way for a faultless gear indicator for a sacs engine.
I ve also build one on my slabby which works a treat for the last couple of months.
If any interest, I ll post some info

you can make them and sell them ?? i will have one  smiley-shocked003

[kokolis]

Yes, it is possible, I can also post a topic and guide you through it to make it your self

[scrooge]

I'm interested in this as well

[duckndive]

Its quite easy TBH....just get a gear position switch from a GS 1150 "EFE" or one of the other air cooled motors that have a gear indicator....Part no : 37720-24A01

it will bolt straight on to the oil boiler in place of the stock neutral indicator switch  

all you need then is a nice LED readout and a little wiring  ..to show the gear no...........

[kokolis]

Its easy but not so simple as the gear position switch from a GS/X series is smaller in diameter and works in the opposite direction.

I ve used a gear switch from a GS 850 (also searched / seen others) and there is no way that thing is a bolt on job.

example

[duckndive]

Jul 13, 2014 20:49:24 GMT kokolis said:

Its easy but not so simple as the gear position switch from a GS/X series is smaller in diameter and works in the opposite direction.

I ve used a gear switch from a GS 850 (also searched / seen others) and there is no way that thing is a bolt on job.

example

yes well spotted ..i grabbed the wrong one out the draw prior to posting....

As you point out the oil boiler is smaller ..i used one from a GS 1000.which is most likely the same as GS 750 & GS 850...as on right in pic below 



still lost on it working in the wrong direction though...as the shift drum rotates the same direction on the 2V GS & 4V GSX motor & the oil boiler.............

[kokolis]

The oil cooled one is bigger, if you have a good look at it you see that runs the other way around.

[kokolis]

Info can be putted else where if the mods think that's better

[kokolis]

You will need:
Display with a minimum of 6, better 7 wires.
Gear position switch from a GS/X model with a gear indicator (GS 750/ 850, GSX 400/1100).
Keep in mind, that the gear switch has to have 6 gears.
One extra neutral switch, ( because it leaks oil, and you will have one extra if anything goes wrong).
Wires 6-7 different colours to make a loom.
Automotive 6-pin male-female connector
Multi plastic connector
2 set of single wire connectors
2K glue or better 2K polyester resin
Tie-raps, tape, a place for the display.
Tools, pen, paper.
The GS/X gear position switch needs to be smaller in diameter made (about 2.5cm).
Also the wire holder needs a bit of sanding down
The neutral switch from the sacs engine has to be bored out in the middle (about 2.5-3cm).
You have to make the GS/X switch fit in SACS switch.
Keep in mind that you have to make a mark (line) with a Stanley knife from the neutral point contact till the outside of the switch, that will be your refence.
Make the mount holes of the SACS switch a bit breder, try them if they fit, and if the marking line lines up with the neutral contact point of the GS/X switch, mix some glue or resin and fit them together them have to be nice and flat together, let them dry.
If you don’t have a place for the display, now is the time to find it.
The wires from the display and your other different coulor wires braze (weld) together.
Loosen the mount ring by neutral switch, so you can put through the thicker loom.
Take the oem neutral switch of and put the other in its place.
Take the power wire (single wire of the display) and the neutral switch wire and put them together with a connector and put that wire in the oem loom neutral connection.
Contact key on and in the first gear, now take the wires from the display in one hand and the wires from the gear indicator in the other, one by one make contact with the different wires.
After a bit you will find the first gear, let the rest of the wires from the display make contact with the wire from the first gear, now you can find all other gears, right it down.
Use the multi plastic connector and the written wires to determine the wire compinations
per gear.
It is possible that a couple of gears don’t line up, move the gear switch to find the optimal position (that’s why the mounting holes should be bigger).
Now you can make and connect the 6-pin connector.

[kokolis]

[kokolis]

cheers