gear sight glass replacement

[mooneyflyfast]

My glass (plastic) is clouded so that it is hard to see the marks. what would be involved in replaing this?

[Mooneymite]

A trip to Lowes aviation section....   

[FBCK]

Took mine out last week and polished it, it helped a bit, make sure the build still works as well.

[Brandontwalker]

Used a headlight lense restorer kit on mine and it looks good as new.


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[mooneyflyfast]

12 hours ago, FBCK said:

Took mine out last week and polished it, it helped a bit, make sure the build still works as well.

How do you remove it?  Looks like the ever so helpful spell checker changed bulb to build.  I will be sure to check it  

 

 

[mooneyflyfast]

55 minutes ago, Brandontwalker said:

Used a headlight lense restorer kit on mine and it looks good as new.


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Did you polish it in place or did you have to remove it?

[TTaylor]

I removed mine several years ago. Cleaned, polished, and touched up the paint (the green needs to be translucent).  My bulb was burned out and I could not find a replacement bulb (the base was not standard compared to the parts manual).  The shop elves epoxied a high brightness LED and resistor into the old base, now it is very easy to see in all light conditions.

[mooneyflyfast]

OK  I did it. Here is a step by step (what I was looking for). Remove the fuel selector handle.  Remove the plastic panel that goes around the fuel selector (4 sheet metal screws). The clear plastic lens is held in place by two machine screws that fit into top and bottom slots in the lens. My lens had what looked like overspray on it. Probably from the glue the upholstery guys sprayed when they installed carpet several years ago.  I removed it with rubbing compound. Not too bad a job. Here are the results. 

[FBCK]

Looks better then mine, we must have had the same carpet guy, mine had glue on it as well, excellent work!

[carusoam]

Self solving problems, MS style...

Problem solving begins with a post!

Thanks for sharing the details.

Best regards,

-a-

[bradp]

The bulb for the indicator is grounded to the same little metal frame that holds the plastic window in place.  

[Brandontwalker]

Did you polish it in place or did you have to remove it?

I removed it and then polished it. If I recall correctly, there were two screws that held it in place.


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