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Steve Plucker · 03-18-2021, 07:44 AM

What material have you used to secure the Gas Gauge Glass Lense to the mainframe of the gauge itself?

Thanks.

Pluck

McMimmcs · 03-18-2021, 08:05 AM

Several good instructional videos on gas gauge rebuilding.

Badpuppy · 03-18-2021, 10:12 AM

Gasket and Permatex #3 seems to work well so far. Early fiber gasket (1/32"), later cork (1/16"); due to different placement of the shield anchor hole between the two.

JayJay · 03-18-2021, 10:58 AM

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I use my go-to gasket sealer Hylomar Blue, thin coat on each side of the gasket.

BTW, last gas gauge I did I used old-fashioned Simichrome polish on a T-shirt to clean up the dial. Polished up quite nicely and didn't disturb the black in the numbers (I angled my strokes across the lines in the dial, didn't polish with the lines lest it get into the grooves). It seems to do a nice chemical polish on the pot metal, not the sanding that others have advocated. I have not tried this technique after a repaint of the numbers with butyrate dope, though.

JayJay

03-18-2021, 07:44 AM	#1
Steve Plucker BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Walla Walla, Washington USA Posts: 6,066	Securing Gas Gauge Glass Lens to body... What material have you used to secure the Gas Gauge Glass Lense to the mainframe of the gauge itself? Thanks. Pluck

03-18-2021, 08:05 AM	#2
McMimmcs Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: Fort Gratiot, Michigan Posts: 2,296	Re: Securing Gas Gauge Glass Lens to body... Several good instructional videos on gas gauge rebuilding.

03-18-2021, 10:58 AM	#4
JayJay Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 1,068	Re: Securing Gas Gauge Glass Lens to body... Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I use my go-to gasket sealer Hylomar Blue, thin coat on each side of the gasket. BTW, last gas gauge I did I used old-fashioned Simichrome polish on a T-shirt to clean up the dial. Polished up quite nicely and didn't disturb the black in the numbers (I angled my strokes across the lines in the dial, didn't polish with the lines lest it get into the grooves). It seems to do a nice chemical polish on the pot metal, not the sanding that others have advocated. I have not tried this technique after a repaint of the numbers with butyrate dope, though. JayJay __________________ JayJay San Francisco Bay Area ------------------------ 1930 Murray Town Sedan 1931 Briggs S/W Town Sedan

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03-18-2021, 10:12 AM	#3
Badpuppy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Guthrie, OK Posts: 1,144	Re: Securing Gas Gauge Glass Lens to body... Gasket and Permatex #3 seems to work well so far. Early fiber gasket (1/32"), later cork (1/16"); due to different placement of the shield anchor hole between the two.