Hi

Like most of us my dipstick has broken on my S1, the two wires have snapped of tight to the resin in the top of the dipstick, as these are the rocking horse **** i need to repair it.

Any ideas??

 

Work away the resin until you have enough wiring to work with. Re-solder then re-resin.

 

Ok, have you done this lol, in cant see it leaving much wire but ive got nothing to lose i spose, what would you re resin it with

 

That is what I would do. Use either a dremel-type drill with a very fine dental burr cutter, failing that, a scalpel blade with a fine taper. Obviously, care to avoid the remaining wire.
You will probably find at least one of the conductors has blackened wires, if so, scrape them gently to get back to shiny copper, otherwise the solder won't wet it. get solder on each cut wire and then do the same on the ends of the detached plug. then solder the two together. It almost certainly won't matter if you swap the wires over in the process. Then use rapid araldite. experiment first with the colour. Kids powder paint or any fine dust the right colour will do. The araldite will have to go a little way up the insulation beyond the solder, so it may pay to 'fold' the joins back in to the cavity in the dipstick so you end up with something that looks original. If you are near Bristol, i would willingly help (as I would with any local problem.....).
By the way forum admin. In line with my views on them voting in that t**t, can you get rid of the yank spellcheck. There is and always will be a 'u' in colour.....

 

spot on i get fcuked off the way these dam yanks keep trying to change our English language.

 

Its probably a spellcheck on my pc, but it's got to be someone else's fault...