Foggy Gauges?

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Foggy Gauges?

Postby Nocash » Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:42 am

Driving at night i notice my '77 Monza's 2 bottom small new autometer gauges fog up. The speedo and tac dont just the bottom 2. what yall think? I dont see any moisture in the gauges or anything. :?:
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Re: Foggy Gauges?

Postby cjbiagi » Tue Feb 26, 2013 7:20 am

I don't know what else would make them fog up other than moisture. Do you think they are foggy all the time or only at night when they are illuminated?
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Re: Foggy Gauges?

Postby spencerforhire » Tue Feb 26, 2013 7:25 am

I know this is a silly question, but do you wear bi-focal glasses? I do, and I have to tilt my head down so I can properly see things on the cluster. Everything farther than about 18"away is fuzzy through the lower half of my glasses.
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Re: Foggy Gauges?

Postby firebird77clone » Sun May 05, 2013 7:33 pm

If you have access to a vacuum pump, do this:

Solder a Schrader valve into the top of a mason jar.

Drop the gauges into the jar, and pull a vacuum. That will remove the moisture.

Break the vacuum with some Freon. The Freon will hang around inside the guage and help prevent future moisture accumulation.
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