Do you dip your SPG into water during service?

[Primary]

Just so the threads are in the soup with the gauge up.

 

[nohappy]

You just hold the SPG so the opening is out of the liquid? Or you hold the SPG out of the liquid so only the threads are in the liquid?

I hold the SPG out of the liquid so only the threads are in the liquid.

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

Growing up, if I tried to dip anything besides my finger tips in the holy water the priest would have beaten me silly.

 

[W W Meixner]

I don't re-use HP spools at routine service time...and as far as performing an emergency re/re...it's far easier changing out the spool with ''O'' rings already installed...than it is to fiddle with re/re'ing 003 ''O'' rings...

Depending on your purchasing source...you can buy spools for $2./$3. with VITON ''O'' rings already installed...

Check DGX...

As far as ''cleaning the SPG...I use a small plastic bristle brush on the threads...with the threads pointed down...and clean the inner barrel with a Q-Tip slightly moistened with alcohol...again threads pointing down...and finally give the threads a wipe with a lint free cloth...moistened with alcohol...again...threads pointed down...

No need to ultra-sound SPG`...with water...for any reason...

W.M...

 

[shurite7]

@shurite7 thank you. But I also want to know if people dip that in ultrasonic to clean it?

Other posters are elaborating on this. I used to dip the threads into ultrasonic cleaner. Since then I've found the wire brush and q-tip work just as well without the chance of dropping the spg completely into the cleaner.

 

[Primary]

The reason i don't use a wire brush or any other mechanical cleaning first is because i don't want to dislodge any crud that will go up and block the bourdon tube. I agree that the chance is slight but dissolving the crud in the ultrasonic is just as easy so why not? If a little moisture gets into the tube its not really a big deal (it wont stop pressure transmission). Maybe over time it might be an issue but SPGs are not immortal anyway

There's more than one way to skin a cat as they say. Uh oh PETA's calling....