Upgrades 26. Stack Gauges
I'd always wanted to get a mechanical oil gauge based on the fact that the electronic ones often come into some issues. The problem is that if you change one gauge then the others will all look out of place.
I'm now into over 2000 miles of driving also the fuel gauge is really annoying me as it is just not that accurate. When I fill up the tank, the fuel gauge will read high for about 75 miles of driving, then it drops down to empty quite fast. The problem with this is that when I then fill the tank up, it only takes about 25 litres of fuel, which is 16 litre less than the actual SV capacity (41 litres), so I've got at least another 10 litres of fuel left when it reads empty (apparently the last 5-6 litres are never used due to the shape of the tank).
I'd also wanted to get a gauge that reads oil temperature too, but I think for that I'll use a simple switch which allows the water gauge to read either oil or water temps.
So in the end I ordered 3 stack gauges, an extra temperature sender and a toggle switch to complete the setup I wanted:
To replace the original Caterham water sender, you need a 1/8" NPTF fitting. The oil senders (mechanical for pressure and electrical for temperature) will be added to a new location under the bonnet using a spacer between the oil filter and the sump. The spacer I bought has 2 take off ports, both of which are 1/8" NPT female ports, which means I needed to make sure that those senders had the correct fitting. With this in mind I opted for the PSI version of the mechanical oil gauge as that came with the 1/8" fitting, which I actually prefer anyway.
I've split up each install into it's own section, they require quite a bit of faffing and changing of the wiring harness so it is not quite a trivial job, the end result though was worth it.
