Oil gallery adapter

OK - Time for an update. I know it's been a LONG time, but I finally tried to install the oil pressure gauge kit that I bought and the bushing threads are wrong. I think I was right all along and they are indeed 1.5mm, not 1.25mm. The threads on my plug are visibly spaced farther apart than the ones on the bushing I bought. The plug I removed goes in easily by hand and the new bushing will not.

Can anyone confirm the thread size and tell me where I can get a bushing? This is for the 79 KZ1000 A3 MKII.
Thanks

I have learned that some of the Kawis have 1.25 threads, some have 1.50 threads. You have the wrong adapter. I sent you an email requesting your address, and I will send you the right adapter, no charge. Sorry for the mix-up.

renobruce wrote:

I have learned that some of the Kawis have 1.25 threads, some have 1.50 threads. You have the wrong adapter. I sent you an email requesting your address, and I will send you the right adapter, no charge. Sorry for the mix-up.

Got the email - Thanks very much for taking care of that! I was hoping that my motor wasn't some one-of-a-kind oddball or that it wasn't tapped at one time. I'm glad to hear that a simple bushing swap will take care of it. The fittings and the guage look awesome! Real nice stuff. Can't wait to install it.

How about something like this?

oil pressure gauge kit

Also noted in description: "Attention: With all liquid filled gauges, you will get a false reading, or "zero" reading, on the gauge when the engine is running at operating temperature and the oil inside the gauge is hot. Pressure readings must be taken when the gauge and engine temperatures are relatively cool."

Yes, that's my kit. They work great!

79MKII wrote:

renobruce wrote:

79MKII wrote:

I just confirmed the thread size as m14x1.5. Now let the search begin!!<br><br>Post edited by: 79MKII, at: 2006/12/10 15:46

Nope, it's 14mm x 1.25

Could the MKII be different? My 14mm x 1.5 die fits perfectly. No slop at all.

This is a picture of a VDO electric oil temperature sensor installed in my '81 GPz1100(1170 actuallyB)) and it is M14x1.5, no doubt about it. It fits perfectly because it is the correct thread type and size.
M14x1.25 is fine pitch, and also the Spark Plug thread type and size used in KZ's; check the NGK website. Try threading a Spark Plug into your oil gallery hole and see what happens:lol: :lol: If it happens to fit, then you have M14x1.25; either way you will know for sure. Best of luck with your project!

Good idea with the oil temp set up. Thanks for the tips.

79MKII wrote:

Good idea with the oil temp set up. Thanks for the tips.

You are welcome, the sensor is actually for a VW Bug, and also some Porche applications as well. The thread specification was the same so I bought one just to see if if would work, and it does! I also bought a VDO electric gauge, 0-300 degrees, and it functions perfectly. I got both together on flea-bay, new, about $80 bucks or so grand total, and they are very plentifull. Any VW performance parts house or VDO distributor would have them. I am fabbing-up an aluminum instrument panel with all VDO. My first ever "project" many years ago was a '68 Beetle and I still love them:) If you are building up an old Beetle, you use VDO:lol:
Best Regards,
Todd

You can also put an oil temp sensor on the oil drain plug. I'd like to set up one that way since it has an oil pressure gauge in the oil galley port. Does anyone know what the thread size is on the Kawi for the drain plug?

renobruce wrote:

I have learned that some of the Kawis have 1.25 threads, some have 1.50 threads. You have the wrong adapter. I sent you an email requesting your address, and I will send you the right adapter, no charge. Sorry for the mix-up.

Hey Bruce - sent you an email the other day but haven't heard back. Have you had a chance to send the correct adapter? Send me an email when you get a chance. Thanks

Calling Mr. Reno Bruce -
Reno Bruce, please come in -
Are you out there Reno Bruce? -


(silence...)

3 weeks and still no part and no answer to several emails. Has anyone heard from this guy lately? He still has the gauges listed on eBay. I tried to contact him there so we'll see if he answers.

UPDATE:

OK - heard from his wife through my eBay question. Bruce is out of town on a family emergency. Good thing I didn't totally panic and send a profanity-laced tirade. :blush: I'm good for about 2 weeks and then I start to get anxious. I need more patience, I guess.:laugh: