Getting into the Dials?

[Descolada]

Looking for a little guidance on getting into the area at the back of the dials. Do I need to strip out the entire front cowl or can you undo the plastic rivets and lift them out along with the plastic facia surround?

I have an ice warning indicator to add and want to check the condition of the electric back there.

Thanks Folks!

[bat-kam]

Ice warning light? This thread should be interesting.
Any pics, where you got it from?
I have never took the clocks apart so I can't help on that

Kam

[Descolada]

This is the one I am looking to install.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ice-Warning-LED-indicator-alarm-light-low-temperature-F-/190476835471?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Other&hash=item2c594dda8f

[Holmsey]

Hope it's better than mine, mine shows ice even when its warm  

And that's a factory fitted model.  

[bat-kam]

I wonder how strong the light is, will it be very irritating? As it says on the auction it will stay on until temperature reaches 5C

[Descolada]

Well, what I can tell you is that I think it will take a little getting used to because the light colours are counter intuitive. For example. Apparently when you turn it on it sits on red as a standard indicator and then changed to two other colours when the temp drops. I have always taken red as being a bad thing. So you can see what I mean.

I really just wanted to see what was available and have something that would act as an alarm if I was out riding and moved into an area where the weather conditions changed rapidly to something I needed to keep an eye on. Up here (Scotland), it's perfectly possible to leave home at, let say, 1 Degree and travel into a valley where the temperature suddenly dips to -3 Degrees. I like to get a warning when things change that drastically.

Also looked at dash mounted digital temperature gauges but in tests they were horribly inaccurate.

[mjc506]

I've been playing with a cheapy IR thermometer... to measure road temperature. With a bit of effort the sensor could display ambient air temp too, but that needs a bit of work I haven't got around to yet.

[greywolf]

http://www.raceratb.com/austin/car/gaug ... ctions.htm

[Descolada]

Yes, you have to be careful with the placement of the probe (pardon my French) so as not to get wind chill etc adversely reporting the temperature.

[Descolada]

http://www.raceratb.com/austin/car/gaugeInstructions.htm

Thank you greywolf, a great help.

[Mr Nick]

Up here (Scotland), it's perfectly possible to leave home at, let say, 1 Degree and travel into a valley where the temperature suddenly dips to -3 Degrees. I like to get a warning when things change that drastically.

I had that happen heading for Perth on one of my first times out with Katie, only more extreme: it went from around 7 degrees to at least -2 in the mile drop to the Bein Inn at Glenfarg. It's a nice twisty bit of road but I have never wanted to get out of it so much in all my days.....

[Abercol]

Not just in Scotland...I was in Ashford, Kent over xmas and we had a severe frost, the car was totally frosted up but outside ambient was 5 deg according to the car. No ice warning. Cleared the car, drove 300yrds and, on a bend in the shade of a block of flats, the car lost traction on black ice. Recovered well on the winter tyres, just a big 4 wheel slip and grip. Looked in my mirrors to see the Mondeo behind me slide right off and into a childrens play park!

Stopped and walked back, they were all OK and they had managed  (by luck, not skill) to avoid anything large and metallic in the playpark. Their NS alloy was badly buckled/broken, but the car was driveable.

We forget up here in Bonnie Scotland that the overdosing of grit and salt on the roads has its benefits too.

Of course, being the South, 45mins later it was 7-8 deg and all the ice was gone.

[Fatbelly]

Anywhere the road crosses a water course, especially if the stream follows it's own valley and the road dips down into it, is likely to have temperatures a few degrees lower than the surrounding area as cold air flows down the valley and the water acts as a heat sink to keep it cold. Take care in the dips.

Also on sunny winter mornings watch out for areas of permanent shade where the sun has not warmed the tarmac.