Guys ,
I think "reagent" grade alcohol is different from "denatured" alcohol.
Please correct me if I'm wrong. I recall reagent grade as being pure and
denatured alcohol as having water added to it.
Mark Hanna
AN5
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IfixMGs@aol.com [SMTP:IfixMGs@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 7:01 PM
> To: pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com; spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Water temp guage
>
> Gerard,
> The fluid is reagent grade alcohol, and as I recall from an ancient
> shop manual that the alcohol (don't recall the quantity... sorry) is added
>
> via syringe thru the tube at the gage end, and the open end is machine
> crimped. Denatured alcohol is extrmely volatile, and by the time you got
> the
> tube hot enough to solder, I have a feeling that the alcohol would either
> evaporate or torch off.
> Nowadays, I don't have time to bench fix them, so I send out.....
> I
> have a feeling that there is at least one good soul at Nisonger's who
> would
> spill the beans and pass along their trade secrets....
> Mark Childers Union Jack Spares VA Beach VA
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