pressure sensor
07-09-05, 12:15 PM
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pressure sensor
ok i broke the plastic tip off my pressure sensor and have tried that plastic weld crap and each time it has just come right back off. what should i do just bite the bullet and buy another one or is their another way?
07-09-05, 05:48 PM
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If I broke a nipple off the sensor: I'd get me a toothpick, five minute epoxy and some vaseline. I'd lubricate the toothpick with vaselne. I'd stick one end of the toothpick into the sensor then slide the broken off part of the nipple on to the tooth pick with the end of the nipple wetted with five minute epoxy.
I'd press the two halves of the nipple together and wait for say four or five minutes. Then I'd gentely rotate the toothpick out of the hole using a rotating motion. The epoxy should not have attached itself to the toothpick.
I'd then wait a half hour before disturbing the glued parts then apply a bead of epoxy around the edges of the broken area.
After setting up for three or four hours, I'd attach the vac hose to it out of the car (that's where all the above is happening, out of the car) and then install the sensor and route the other end of that vacuum hose to its nipple on the manifold.
A toothpick or something else of the right diameter will hold the pieces more or less in place while the epoxy dries.
Or you could start with superglue and the toothpick and hold the two pieces firmly while the superglue sets up, then apply some five minute epoxy in a bead around the broken outer edges and let it set up for a few hours. Put the hose on prior to the install of the sensor. It will be easier to slip the hose on out of the car.
I'd press the two halves of the nipple together and wait for say four or five minutes. Then I'd gentely rotate the toothpick out of the hole using a rotating motion. The epoxy should not have attached itself to the toothpick.
I'd then wait a half hour before disturbing the glued parts then apply a bead of epoxy around the edges of the broken area.
After setting up for three or four hours, I'd attach the vac hose to it out of the car (that's where all the above is happening, out of the car) and then install the sensor and route the other end of that vacuum hose to its nipple on the manifold.
A toothpick or something else of the right diameter will hold the pieces more or less in place while the epoxy dries.
Or you could start with superglue and the toothpick and hold the two pieces firmly while the superglue sets up, then apply some five minute epoxy in a bead around the broken outer edges and let it set up for a few hours. Put the hose on prior to the install of the sensor. It will be easier to slip the hose on out of the car.
Last edited by HAILERS; 07-09-05 at 05:51 PM.
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