Is Mercury still available. Motion Pro Manometer lost its Merc

[muaymendez1]

So my buddy had his manometer laying on the garage floor with half of the Mercury laying right next to it. I tried everything from a syringe to scooping up with a flat piece of paper and could only get half back in. He decided to let me have the now useless gueges.

Is it trash? can I purchase or collect enough from old thermostats or can I substitute someother material for mercury?

[Black Owl]

Haven't had to purchase any for the past few years. But it was still available out here three years ago. I was buying it through a Precious Metals dealer.

 

[Kregerdoodle]

Is Mercury magnetic?? just a thought

 

So my buddy had his manometer laying on the garage floor with half of the Mercury laying right next to it. I tried everything from a syringe to scooping up with a flat piece of paper and could only get half back in. He decided to let me have the now useless gueges.

Is it trash? can I purchase or collect enough from old thermostats or can I substitute someother material for mercury?

[twigg]

Is Mercury magnetic?? just a thought

 

No.

 

Only ferrous metals are magnetic.

[Squidley]

Is Mercury magnetic?? just a thought

 

No...but a magnet will stick to that plate in your head!

[Kregerdoodle]

Nope!! It`s Silver!

 

 

 

 

No...but a magnet will stick to that plate in your head!

 

[KiteSquid]

It is available.

 

Try at a full service Pharmacy. or a custom Neon Sign manufacturer.

 

You can get it a a lab supply like HERE for 100 grams.

 

you can buy a new mercury manometer from Saber Cycles HERE or HERE with a long screwdriver...

 

 

I have one and don't have a use for it anymore as I don't have a multi-carbureted bike.

 

I is a good tool.

 

 

 

BTW I have about 6 Oz of mercurey in a flask, if you lived near me I would give you some.....

Edited May 12, 2011 by KiteSquid

[pegscraper]

I bought it right from a motorcycle dealer five years ago. I don't know if it's still available or not.

[ragtop69gs]

I have several large bottles in the safe. How much do you think you'd need? I'm not sure how to ship it though.

[muaymendez1]

Shipping is the problem. If you ship in an unmarked box and its found to be dangerous good the shipper can face serious charges.

i will try pharmacies as my mom said the same thing.

Also light mercury light makers was a good idea.

if all elsefails I found 2 places outta state that still carries the merc refill bottles.

[RJD]

I bought it on line. It was shipped in a plastic bottle and in a padded shipping envelope. I was amazed how available it was and there was nothing about the shipping to indicate what was in the envelope.

 

don't remember where I got it and it turned out the restrictors were bad in the tubes and I ended up throwing the gauges away .