Steamy rev counter
- Thread starter Chrisninja
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Nothing very vital at the bottom apart from the drive in the centre. There's room for the bulbs and more.
Paul
Cosi
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- Location
- Kingscliff
Or could it be two cockroaches in there getting busy, steaming up the glass, what with the mood lighting and all….
mauricejota7604
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- Victoria Australia
I had a mumified moth in the mighty flying kangaroo after sunning under the lamps.
Chrisninja
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- Location
- Essex
Just to confirm rev counter only steams up when rev counter cable is connected
Chrisninja
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- Location
- Essex
Only when connected and with engine running
So, back to square one. It's likely the heat generated by the movement of the internals of the instrument that is causing the misting.
How warm does the instrument end of a rev cable get?
Why does a speedo mist up as well?
Paul
chrisk
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- Location
- Brisbane, Australia
A; The speedo has a lot of empathy for the upset tacho?
Chrisninja
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- Location
- Essex
Does anyone know where you can get the 2 front brake hoses and the one from the masterçylinder two the spliter
Perry
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- Location
- West Dorset UK
Venhill in Surrey do them. About £85 for the front set.(triple).
The Sock
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- London, England
These work for me as the splitter down hoses, don't know about the top one, though. It varies length dependent on handlebars.
Lower brake hoses Ceriani Triple
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Paul
Lee87H
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- Upstate New York USA
I guess we can forget about the steamy instruments, and worry about brake lines.
Chrisninja
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- Essex
Just working my way through the issues. I have just put new spring on rear brake light switch I now have 3 wires that are no longer connected to switch with no idea where they go as there is only 2 terminals
2 grey, 1 black if I remember.
Have a look at the wiring diagram.
The greys if I remember go to the stop filament and the two brake switches, black would be earth.
But check.
Paul
Chrisninja
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- Location
- Essex
Rings a bell. Two greys together on the rear brake switch and the black on the other terminal?
Paul
BlackJota
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- Sunshine Coast Australia
I have fully restored 2 sets of ND instruments this year myself 1000 / 750. There is no oil dampening inside them, simply a magnetic coupling
from the cable gear drive to the needle shaft drive and a hair spring on the needle drive base to bring it back to zero. So they can be stored any way you like, there is no oil in them. My 750 instruments would fog up all the time, Marcel, from cb750faces.com assured me that once I had restored them and put in new seals and LED globes the problem would go away, as the heat from the standard globes heated up the moist air inside the instruments and it would condense on the cooler glass. Well that's exactly what was happening, problem solved, no sign of any condensation now. No need to drill holes in the body either as the temperature inside them is now the same as outside using LED's. Was thinking about your tacho cable venting heat into the tacho body. If I thought that was the problem, I would get a small glass jar and drill a hole in the lid to put the cable through. First put some oil down the cable, put it in the jar with the lid on and run the engine up and see if any oil comes out of the cable into the jar. I'm thinking it would come out if there was any crankcase pressure in the cable, that could be a source of heat if it does. ?? Just noticed you are in Essex and i'm guessing its cold there now, so if any heat was coming out of your tacho cable then it would condense the air onto the inside of the cold glass jar, the same as it would do on your tacho glass.
from the cable gear drive to the needle shaft drive and a hair spring on the needle drive base to bring it back to zero. So they can be stored any way you like, there is no oil in them. My 750 instruments would fog up all the time, Marcel, from cb750faces.com assured me that once I had restored them and put in new seals and LED globes the problem would go away, as the heat from the standard globes heated up the moist air inside the instruments and it would condense on the cooler glass. Well that's exactly what was happening, problem solved, no sign of any condensation now. No need to drill holes in the body either as the temperature inside them is now the same as outside using LED's. Was thinking about your tacho cable venting heat into the tacho body. If I thought that was the problem, I would get a small glass jar and drill a hole in the lid to put the cable through. First put some oil down the cable, put it in the jar with the lid on and run the engine up and see if any oil comes out of the cable into the jar. I'm thinking it would come out if there was any crankcase pressure in the cable, that could be a source of heat if it does. ?? Just noticed you are in Essex and i'm guessing its cold there now, so if any heat was coming out of your tacho cable then it would condense the air onto the inside of the cold glass jar, the same as it would do on your tacho glass.
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Chrisninja
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- Location
- Essex
Yes ithink your right it is cold and damp in Essex. I was talking to the owner of a cbx yesterday a he told me his tacho drive comes off the rocker cover and on his he has a small rubber owing fitted so may try that many thanks chris