Help with motor meter please...

[AC Fuhrman]

My Peerless/Boyce motor meter's mercury is "stuck" all the way at the top. (No it's not hot - just over time....)

Someone suggested gently tapping the top repeatedly and this will cause the "red juice" to go back down. 

What do you think please?

andyfuhrman@rocketmail.com

 

[Marty Roth]

Andy, try placing the Motometer in yoour home refrigerator - maybe even the freezer,

and check it every so often.

That solved the issue when the fluid in mine separated, many years ago.

 

Good Luck

[mikewest]

Ive dropped the  fluid my bouncing the  end of the motometer on a inflated tire.  Hold the gauge in your hand and repletely  tap the tire  wit the radiator end. It will return te fluid to the bottom.

[motoringicons]

I was once told that you can put it in a drill and spin it until the fluid comes down. I have  tried it a couple of times and it has worked. Obviously, be careful..... 

 

Edited July 15, 2021 by motoringicons (see edit history)

[gossp]

I have used a combination of Marty and Mikes suggestions. Store upright in the freezer… in the evening when watching tv, spend 30 minutes or an hour tapping, not particularly gently, on a tire (or a not too precious book on an end table as I did)

 

After a couple or a weeks worth of days of this they always seem to go down. I did have one go back up the first time the car got warm and not return down… repeated process a few times always with the same result. I believe that one was even a modern reproduction that gave me fits. 

[Ethain]

Ye bouncing it on a tire or something like that did the trick for me.