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Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: William Dudley <du-@casano.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 10:09 AM
Subject: Ambo Dash lights lens replacement
| | Hi,
The plastic (plastic?) lens in my oil pressure indicator
light
just shattered one day recently (well, a few months
ago), leaving
behind a little ring of red plastic still glued into the
aluminum
threaded top.
I priced replacements from the one vendor at the NY
National, but
thought $20.00 or whatever he was charging was spendy
for a pilot
light, and besides, I just needed a lens.
Being cheap AND resourceful, I went to Radio Shack and
bought a
"Jumbo 10mm Red LED", part 276-0214 for $2.49. I used
my Dremel
to cut off most of the "plastic lens", about 1 mm above
the surface
of the actual LED. The LED part I threw in my junk box.
I polished
the bottom of the cut off lens (to remove the cutting
marks and
improve light transmission) and I had to file off a few
thousandths
(20? 30?) around the circumference so that it would fit
into the
aluminum top of the pilot light. (I had to pick out the
bits of
plastic from the old lens, first, of course). Then I
glued my new
lens in with Goop (great stuff!).
The light from the lens is more of an orange than a red,
but since
the oil pressure light isn't on much, I don't care. The
new
lense looks fine on the dash board, though if you look
closely
you can see that it's shape is more rounded than the
other lenses,
which have a sort of flat top.
I think the labor to make the lens probably was equal or
less than
the labor of opening up the dash to replace the old
idiot light,
especially since I have a Bates fairing on my bike that
makes working
in there a little tight.
Say, anybody know the email address of the TIPS editor?
Bill Dudley
72 Ambo
71 Norton Commando
77 Honda CB550 Super Sport
90 Honda CBR600F
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