Water in my SPG

[awap]

Water that comes in through the 1st stage will be contained in the bourbon(sp?) tube and not be visible unless the gauge is toast anyway. Many plastic gauges seems to be glued but the metal gauges I've seen can be disassembled and cleaned. I suspect that face will unscrew. I have repaired metal SPGs that leaked through a damaged lens or due to a failed o-ring between the lense and the main body.

Good luck.

[skdvr]

I actually tried to unscrew the face and could not get a good hold on it... I did not try real hard, but I may get it apart one way or another just to take a look at the insides....

Phil

[awap]

Originally Posted by skdvr

I actually tried to unscrew the face and could not get a good hold on it... I did not try real hard, but I may get it apart one way or another just to take a look at the insides....

Phil

I used a strap wrench to unscrew mine.

[wheelman]

Originally Posted by skdvr

I did a small write up about my experience with getting this resolved... Please check out this thread...

Phil

Good to know... I own the same spg and a single wing from edge. No problems so far, in fact I was pretty impressed with the quality and now it sounds like customer service is good too.

[skdvr]

Originally Posted by awap

I used a strap wrench to unscrew mine.

I will give it a shot

Phil

[skdvr]

Well I tried the strap wrench and NO GO...

So I pulled out the BIG Pipe Wrench and tried and tried but could not get it to unscrew, so I just put a bunch of torque on it and busted the glass... FYI - HOG SPG's are pressed together.... Once the glass busted I was able to pry it apart from the inside... I just thought I would post a pic for those that have never seen the inside of a pressure guage...



Phil

[awap]

Originally Posted by skdvr

Well I tried the strap wrench and NO GO...

So I pulled out the BIG Pipe Wrench and tried and tried but could not get it to unscrew, so I just put a bunch of torque on it and busted the glass... FYI - HOG SPG's are pressed together.... Once the glass busted I was able to pry it apart from the inside... I just thought I would post a pic for those that have never seen the inside of a pressure guage...



Phil

That's too bad. One of the nice things about most "brass & glass" SPGs is that the face is usually screwed on giving them some repairability. But that picture is great. You can see that the HP gas is contained in the tube that flexes under pressure which produces the pressure measurement. The rest of the space is at 1 atm. Water that enters through the 1st stage or HP hose is contained in the tube. Water that you can see is in the 1 atm chamber and entered through a faulty seal.

[skdvr]

I never knew how one worked until I broke this one open... Very interesting...

Phil

[awap]

Understanding how things work is necessary to fully understand how they fail. And that can be very important in our sport.

[mm2002]

I think liquid filled gauges are more expensive, so you actually increased the value of the SPG!