Help with compas repair

[RIN]

Hi all
Anyone know of someone near the Hamble (or further afield) that can refill and seal a sumitomo compass?

Many thanks for any replies

 

[Kukri]

I. That’s a Suunto compass. Made in Finland.

2. You could try BPS Marine, who are really good. But they specialise in Sestrel, which were built to be repairable.

 

[RIN]

Whoops my bad. I've found a BPS Marine in New York I guess that's not it. Do you have any contact details?

 

[iantomlinson]

bpsc marine hampshire.

 

[Kukri]

just google suunto compass repair uk. they have a website for uk repair centres. near leicester, chester etc. quite a few.

That must be the best answer

 

[RIN]

Found it. It's BPSC marine in Totton. I'll give them a call thanks

 

[RIN]

OK thanks for getting me this far.
Current position:
Suunto no loner repair or service marine compasses.
BPSC will not be able to repair it.

So it looks like a new compass unless anyone can come up with a better idea.

 

[paulajayne]

There will be a fill hole on it. Get some compass fluid and a syringe.

Turn it until bubble is at the fill hole and add fluid.

I filled mine with vodka - works fine.

 

[RIN]

There will be a fill hole on it. Get some compass fluid and a syringe.

Turn it until bubble is at the fill hole and add fluid.

I filled mine with vodka - works fine.

It's got oil in at the moment. Did you just add vodka to the oil, or did you empty the compass and refill it with vodka because that is an awful lot of vodka!

 

[paulajayne]

Some research will reveal what they fill theirs with.

Mine was an old brass one,

Fragrance free baby oil was used here:-

Suunto marine compass repair – Njål Brekke

 

[RIN]

Thanks for the advice. I topped up with baby oil using a syringe. There is a tiny bubble that I could not get rid of no matter how hard I tried. Probably due to surface tension in the oil in the small filler hole. There is probably a technique to doing this. Any how it should last a season or two and I can top it up again if I need to