Hi,

I have an 02 Edge X 600.

In my dash I have the speedo and tach but on the left side I have a rubber plug covering a hole.

I'm assuming there use to be either a fuel gauge or temp gauge in that place.

(hood has been changed)

I'm thinking about putting a temp gauge in.

What would it cost to buy one?

Is it as simple as mount the gauge and plug in a harness?

Any hidden parts or difficulties besides the obvious?

Does the wiring harness have to change?

Thanks.

I put one on my RX-1. It was not that hard.

I got one from JCWhitney called a cyberdine, digital. With optional sender (zx470271b)

Cost about 40 bucks.

Drill 2 inch hole with hole saw for guage (or use the one in dash)

Guage snaps in the hole.

one wire to power

One wire to sender

Need to mount sender somewhere and GROUND IT to body or (-) of battery.

I used a quarter inch tap to tap the metal coming out of the engine head, but you can sweat a couple of 3/4 inch copper pipes to a tee and mount the sending unit in the tee. Clamp the pipes in the rubber hose on the engine side of the coolant IN FRONT OF THE THERMOSTAT.

Use good hose clamps and replace any lost coolant.

Set the temp gauge before mounting so that it will flash at above 220 degrees. This will alert you to a near overheat issue. Otherwise it reads out the actual temp in digits.

Nice neat operation. Looks cool and works well.

Thanks.

I found out the polaris gauge doesn't show the temp numbers.

Just cold to hot.

I'm now wondering if I'd be better not know the temp. I don't want to be staring at it and worrying all the time.

The mid-canada snowmobile show is this weekend so I'm going to look around.

Originally posted by SEXltsp@Oct 21 2004, 10:09 AM
I found out the polaris gauge doesn't show the temp numbers.

Just cold to hot.

I'm now wondering if I'd be better not know the temp.* I don't want to be staring at it and worrying all the time.

The mid-canada snowmobile show is this weekend so I'm going to look around.
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that is alot like an idiot light. I want to know the temp at a glance, since there will be times of marginal conditions and you want to know where the temp rides up to and where it might hover before it gets too hot.

Besides the whitney temp will actually flash once it gets to a preset number which could buy you time before the one that controls the engine takes over.