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Arizona_buell
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 10:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

So in finding the S2 or S3 gages not useable for my X1 I will fit the X1 parts in their respective places. My question is for the circle to the right with the thunderbolt plate in it , I am thinking oil pressure or voltage meter gage . Did Buell ever make a mechanical oil pressure gage with a white face ?
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Steveford
Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 05:27 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Not that I ever saw.
VDO or Stewart-Warner may be the route to take.
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Oldog
Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 08:26 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

hd did electrical OP and temp gauges
in smaller sizes ( called mini gauges )
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Dammitquikgentry
Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 01:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I'm thinking that was a clock
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Greg_cifu
Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 02:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

On the S2 and early S3 dash, that location was a nothing...a spot for the Thunderbolt badge. There isn't enough room to fit a gauge of any kind, unless you move the electrical connector behind it. It was a PITA on my S2 but the previous owner had already added a clock to that location and it was black-faced. It was also rubbing the wires and bending them sharply at the big connector behind it.

I needed something to fill the void until I could find a replacement dash and emblem so I bought this Auto Meter white-faced clock. The red isn't exact but, close enough that nobody has noticed unless I pointed it out.

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Arizona_buell
Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 03:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Very nice I like that as well. There are some 2" oil pressure gages I saw , not sure what option I will take but I don't want the Thunderbolt emblem there on my X1.
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Ratbuell
Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 03:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

If your dash has the emblem just peel it off and you'll have a solid dash.

Peel carefully, I bet someone here would like to have it...
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Greg_cifu
Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 07:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yup. A piece of dental floss does a great job of cutting through the adhesive and separating the emblem without damage.

It took me forever to find a replacement S2 badge.
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