moisture in hour meter

MasseyWV · Apr 21, 2012

I have the same issue with the gauges on my Massey 135 but I haven't removed them to see if the bezel can be removed. The bezels appear to be crimped on, so I may have to try other methods to remove the moisture.

Using alcohol to remove the moisture droplets never occurred to me. How effective is it?

After I get most of the moisture out, regardless of the method used, I was planning to place the gauge into a sealed container with some silica gel and let it sit in the hot sun for a day to remove any remaining moisture. As mentioned previously, rice also works very well.

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Soundguy · Apr 21, 2012

alcohol is a polar solvent.. water is polar. use 90% rubbing alcohol... then heat it to evap it with the water still in soloution...

the crimp on bezels on that 135 are likely very similar to the ones on the 50-60's era fords. just takes a keen hand and some fine toold and patience to peel em up usually.

MasseyWV · May 19, 2012

Soundguy said:
alcohol is a polar solvent.. water is polar. use 90% rubbing alcohol... then heat it to evap it with the water still in soloution...

the crimp on bezels on that 135 are likely very similar to the ones on the 50-60's era fords. just takes a keen hand and some fine toold and patience to peel em up usually.

My tractor's ammeter is toast so when I get time, I'll try removing the bezel to see how easy (or difficult) it is. I like the idea of using alcohol and will also give that a try.