Question Stuck battery door on a Sherwood Widsom 3

[Altamira]

@Altamira Sir, I owe you a beer, or at least an air fill. The PC Epoxy worked perfectly and I was able to get the damaged cover off, replace the battery, and re-use the cover! Thank you for the advice!

You are very welcome. This is the essence of Scubaboard.

 

[1070man]

Would you send me those posts or the process please. I had a wisdom flood one time at the battery compartment. Had another one that I had to replace the cover. Was a pain to remove. I keep a spare cover now just in case.

If the coin ridges on the plastic cap have broken off, and the rest of the battery hatch cover looks OK, I have had excellent results by putting a mounded glob of PC Super Epoxy (can get on Amazon) over the broken coin slot, then when the epoxy starts to set up (clay like texture) , push a coin or screwdriver into the curing epoxy, giving you the size slot you want. When that epoxy fully cures, it is like a rock. I have removed. repaired, and replaced numerous plastic battery hatch covers on my two 2010 vintage Aeris Atmos AI computers, which I believe used the same hatch cover as the Sherwood Wisdom. I also have used an Aqualung I550 hatch cover (if you can find one), which I baked in an over to slightly change the thread, and then covered the slot with PC Super Epoxy as above. All of the modified battery hatch covers work as original. DM me if you need more info. A couple years ago, I posted a couple threads on extracting, repairing, and replacing those stupidly designed plastic battery hatch covers. One of the posts explains the baking process.

 

[Cthippo]

The PC Extra epoxy comes in a 2 tube syringe and you lay out a largish amount on a sacrificial surface. Mix it thoroughly and then scoop it onto the battery door. Be sure none of the epoxy is on the joint between the door and the case. Keep poking at it gently until you can move it around without it dragging strings of epoxy, and then use a tool of the type you would to open the door to cut a slot in the still soft epoxy. Then, let it harden for several hours. Once it has fully gone off you will have a very very hard material permanently bonded to your door with a slot in it that fits the tool. I used a steel hanging bracket, but a steel putty knife or butter knife will work.

 

[Still Kicking]

I wish someone made a machined steel replacement for the plastic covers with a large hex socket in the middle.

Of course, while such a thing could be made, it would probably cost $200

What you could do is put a glob of that epoxy on the cover and then stick a large hex wrench in the middle, covered with saranwrap. Remove the wrench when the epoxy hardens.

Of course you would have a permanent glob of epoxy on the back but i don't think it would matter on a console.

 

[tursiops]

I've done the same thing with JB-Weld. It takes a bit longer to cure, but is stronger.