The glue sticks are still kind of plyable at room temperature. I was thinking more of the plastic pellets used in injection molding.
-Kyle On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe try a hot melt glue stick? > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > ------------------------------ > *From: * Kyle Munz <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Tue, 5 Oct 2010 16:55:22 -0500 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Sight glass > > The penny was just a floor. I removed it once the epoxy set up. It seems to > be holding up ok so far. I haven't opened the top of the reservoirs to check > the inside lately though the outside is still dry. I did check a few mos > after doing it and it was still ok. I'll try to peek inside one of them in a > day or two and let you know how it looks in there today.It's not clear > enough to see the level, but I was mainly worried about plugging the gaping > hole with something other than paper towel. If not epoxy one could maybe > melt some clear plastic to inject in there instead. You'd have to make sure > it gets all around and doesn't leave any air pockets though. > > -Kyle > > > On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Kyle, >> >> Was the penny just there to give you a "floor" to pour onto, or is it >> a permanent part of the fix? >> >> I might be able to score an MC with a bad sight glass for pretty >> cheap, so I can clean and rebuild it to fix the slow creep I'm >> experiencing (I like getting on top of these things before they become >> problems), if your fix is a good long term solution. >> >> -Kurt >> >> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 2:18 PM, [email protected] >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Looks good, hows it holding up over time??? >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > Date: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 1:06:22 pm >> > To: "[email protected]" < >> [email protected]> >> > From: "Kyle Munz" <[email protected]> >> > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Sight glass >> > >> > I had that problem on my 650. Some pics of how I "fixed" it at >> > http://munz.kicks-ass.net/nighthawk/?p=172 >> > >> > >> > >> > On Tuesday, October 5, 2010, [email protected] >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> That may work, but i worry about the epoxy seeing as how it ate through >> jb quick... And i realy dont care to see through the sight.... >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> Date: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 10:56:53 am >> >> To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> >> >> From: "surfswab" <[email protected]> >> >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Sight glass >> >> >> >> Seems I remember someone describing grinding down an old watch crystal >> >> and epoxying it into the hole. >> >> >> >> Sounds like that would stand up to brake fluid. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> . >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >> . >> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> . >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >> . >> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> >> >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > >> > -Kyle >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >> . >> > For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >> . >> > For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> > >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. 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