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My Inclinometer stopped measuring side slopes, so I pulled it apart to see if it's repairable. The plastic bit holding the front pivot pin is snapped, and with all the oily residue I doubt the superglue will work well - but I'm trying anyway.

If it doesn't survive the operation I'll have a hole in the module to fill. I could get another inclinometer, or put in something else altogether.

Any suggestions?

Cheers,

Scott

Boost guage

It's a great place to screw a GPS mount or mobile phone mount or a vase of flowers or anything else of more use than the Oh Shit gauge. I haven't seen my gauge for years, I was always too busy to look at it in those situations when the information may have been interesting.

John

I have a working sparie that you can have if you like, just pay the postage

cheers

I took mine out and fitted a more accurate water temp gauge. I've upped the compression ratio a bit and it can get a bit warm if we end up in the middle of a group of cars on single track. Got a nice little electric one from the local Autoblokes store for $20. It's a lot more accurate than the STD needle guesser thingy.

I'm sure you'll all be relieved to know that the Inclinometer survived surgery (although it was touch and go for a while - it nearly had a violent encounter with a wall...) and has been reinstalled on the dash. The decision on what to replace it with can wait until the next time it empties itself.

One less decision to make now!

Scott

Keep an eye on the fluid level.

I spent about a week fixing mine only to find my radio vomiting oil the morning after it went back into the car

How full are those things supposed to be ? and what is in them ? just water ? Mine looks like it should have more in it than it does. It's only about 1/4 full.

It's a fine oil - which makes it hard to glue and refill.

¼ full is probably a good indication that all is not well. Look at it this way - you can't loose too much more fluid.

I emptied what was left into a glass and added parafin oil - it formed two layers when I first added it, but after I mixed it they didn't separate again.

Mine had a crack in the back membrane - I first tried to silicone it up, but after a few days oil came out under the silicone, and then the silicone came off in my hand.

Next I tried superglue gel (just being slack ) and that sealed well until it dried, then it cracked along the original crack.

Third attempt was 5 minute araldite, which appears to have done the trick - I suppose time will tell.

There's a small chamber at the top which traps an air pocket, which I'm hoping will deal with expansion/sloshing issues. I drilled a small hole in this to top it up once I had it reassembled - about 50ml of oil, one drop at a time. I sealed the hole with silicone, and left a pin hole for the thing to breathe - I can't imagine that being completely sealed is a good idea.

I'm thinking about looking for a trip computer which might fit - anybody have any experience with such things? It's that or gut all three gauges and put a GPS in there? - but what to do for Oil Pressure and Volts?

Cheers,

Scott

You could always try something like this!

http://www.icemanelectronics.com.au/specs.htm