Scope/camera for seeing difficult areas??
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Racer
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From: Slinger Wisconsin
Scope/camera for seeing difficult areas??
I just spoke to Autozone about a scope for looking into inaccessible areas, under the dash for example. Has anyone had experience with one of these? Does it really work the way it's described, or is it just a "gimmick"?
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Borescope-V...item3f97e42d6b
I bought something like this. Very cheap. Does not work great but has helped and is worth the cheap price. I look at the picture on my laptop. Very narrow field of vision.
I bought something like this. Very cheap. Does not work great but has helped and is worth the cheap price. I look at the picture on my laptop. Very narrow field of vision.
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Wow, the prices have really come down. I picked up a USB boroscope for around $40 a few years ago.
I tried using a fish finder camera in an aircraft wing one time.
I tried using a fish finder camera in an aircraft wing one time.
Melting Slicks
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From: Downers Grove Illinois
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Borescope-V...item3f97e42d6b
I bought something like this. Very cheap. Does not work great but has helped and is worth the cheap price. I look at the picture on my laptop. Very narrow field of vision.
I bought something like this. Very cheap. Does not work great but has helped and is worth the cheap price. I look at the picture on my laptop. Very narrow field of vision.
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Racer
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From: Slinger Wisconsin
Just bought this one from Autozone, will try it out tomorrow.
Paid $85.00 for it but I figured if I take the car in to replace the Neutral Starter Switch it will cost a small fortune plus I have to locate the timer/delay switch for courtesy lights and that will be another fortune.
Hoping these 2 items will make up for the cost of the scope
I was hoping to have a local service station replace the Neutral switch but I can't find one and he can't either. Further, as I suspected, no one will bypass the switch because of liability, insurance, etc. as far as disabling a safety device. Guess I'll just have to do it
Paid $85.00 for it but I figured if I take the car in to replace the Neutral Starter Switch it will cost a small fortune plus I have to locate the timer/delay switch for courtesy lights and that will be another fortune.
Hoping these 2 items will make up for the cost of the scope
I was hoping to have a local service station replace the Neutral switch but I can't find one and he can't either. Further, as I suspected, no one will bypass the switch because of liability, insurance, etc. as far as disabling a safety device. Guess I'll just have to do it
Last edited by stabac; May 22, 2018 at 08:05 PM.
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Paid $85.00 for it but I figured if I take the car in to replace the Neutral Starter Switch it will cost a small fortune plus I have to locate the timer/delay switch for courtesy lights and that will be another fortune.
Hoping these 2 items will make up for the cost of the scope
I was hoping to have a local service station replace the Neutral switch but I can't find one and he can't either. Further, as I suspected, no one will bypass the switch because of liability, insurance, etc. as far as disabling a safety device. Guess I'll just have to do it
Hoping these 2 items will make up for the cost of the scope
I was hoping to have a local service station replace the Neutral switch but I can't find one and he can't either. Further, as I suspected, no one will bypass the switch because of liability, insurance, etc. as far as disabling a safety device. Guess I'll just have to do it
On the Neutral switch, I assume you're talking the one on the clutch on a manual trans car where the clutch as to be depressed before the starter will engage. Again, hard to get to but if you can reach it, follow the wire out and you'll find a connector a few inches from the switch. If you can unhook it, jumper the wire going to the dash and you've bypassed that switch.
The scope works but it's hard to snake the camera end in and around things under the dash unless you have one hand on that end of the extension IMO, which I can't always do.
I've used that scope on both of them plus a few things around the house. It's hard to get your orientation under the dash IMO because it only shows such a small area.