Empty inclinometer?

delica 304 · Post by **delica 304** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:17 am

I just got my inclinometer/ altimeter installed (the pod needed some fixing) and I noticed that the inclinometer is a little on the weebly wobbly side. I've heard that these things can leak, I'm wondering how much fluid is supposed to be in it. Is it completely full? is there only a small portion of it that is filled? I've heard that the best thing to fill it with is glycerin, so Im standing by to hear from you folks before going to the chemist.

Cheers,
John

robinimpey · Post by **robinimpey** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:51 am

Yep, fill it up with glycerin, but not nitro glycerin.

Did mine about a month ago and it's an easy fix.

john n · Post by **john n** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:52 pm

I removed mine.
What does anyone really need useless information such as incline and altitude taking up area on a dashboard? If I'm concerned about such vital data, I need more excitement in my life.
IFA rules require a glide/slip indicator, false horizon and altitude, driving a van don't.
I've seen posts on this sight relating to the altitude descrepancy. I live at sea level and go up to 3500 feet almost everyday. They're operated by barometric pressure, so any weather system will vary it- get rid of it.
I don't need an inclinometer to know I'm going uphill, I have to downshift. Even in the fog I can tell - power gone = hill steep.
I'm sure I'll know when I fall over on my side.
Waste of space.
John

Sailing Deli · Post by **Sailing Deli** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:19 pm

And here I thought they were just leftover Zero parts Mitsubishi had lying around the factory since WW2.

Ok I think there kinda cool in a bobblehead Jesus kinda way

mararmeisto · Post by **mararmeisto** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:07 pm

Wanna see a bobblehead? Check out my previous post on this subject (under modifications).

http://www.delica.ca/forum/a-practical- ... -1369.html

Sailing Deli · Post by **Sailing Deli** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:20 pm

Aaaaarrrrrrrr. I like it, course Im kinda piratey myself. This is home

patty · Post by **patty** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:26 pm

Id say its cool to have, i get curiouse to see where im at. i wish i had one, mine never came with one.besides putin loose stuff on the dash is tacky and stealable, i keep nothin up there cozz i hat ewhen stuff rolls around

robinimpey · Post by **robinimpey** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:35 pm

I too think they're cool and quite like having mine if I'm out 4x4 on the trails. I think part of the reason for having them is to prevent you from ending up on your side, not to let you know that you are. The altimeter is defiantly less useful for telling you your actual altitude, a GPS works much better, but it is great for letting me know when a Chinook is blowing in. I believe I will be replacing my altimeter for a combination pyro/boost gauge......although I do like the pirate bobble!

mararmeisto · Post by **mararmeisto** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:38 pm

This is my boat...

Sailing Deli · Post by **Sailing Deli** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:42 pm

mararmeisto wrote:This is my boat...

Oh my, Is that on wvo yet

mararmeisto · Post by **mararmeisto** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:43 pm

No, just regular diesel. We should investigate how we could hook up the deep-fryers though, eh? That way, when we're finished cooking up fish-and-chips for lunch, we switch over from "fry" to "dive". Yo-ho-and-deep-we-go!

Post by **Mystery Machine** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:45 am

john n wrote:What does anyone really need useless information such as incline......taking up area on a dashboard?

Hmmmm......I wonder??

I've been a lot more extreme than this, but didn't have the guts to get out and take a pic, so these milder ones will have to do!

A lot of people in the UK have used bay oil instead of glycerine. The main thing is to find out where it has leaked from and seal that up first otherwise you may end up with a bit of a slippery dashboard!

Green1 · Post by **Green1** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:06 am

I agree that you don't NEED the dash pod... but lets face it... you don't NEED a lot of things, that doesn't mean you can't enjoy having them. worst case, there is no conceivable down side to having them.
The altimeter I find to be surprisingly accurate actually, yes, it will vary with the outside pressure, but the newer ones even have the calibration printed on them so that you can adjust them to match the proper pressure, the older ones, well I calibrate mine at a known altitude before setting off.
The inclinometer, well I need to fix mine too as it's a little too wobly at the moment to be overly useful, but it's still neat to know just how steep that hill really is (and as Bruce points out, how bad the side-slope is)
These vehicles are fun, so are the accessories (that and my pilot friends love the dash pod)

Post by **BCDelica** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:21 pm

Sailing Deli wrote:
mararmeisto wrote:This is my boat...
Oh my, Is that on wvo yet

LOL, that there's funny yawl - a veggie hybrid sub. It's not a yawl right, just a nice ketch.

Bruce good pictures of the Mud Monkey, they really show the MM shackles clearly being put through the paces.

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