masthead unit repairs

[willtaylor]

I bought a boat with a splendid display of VDO analogue wind intstruments. It also has a VDO mastead unit without the rotating anemometer cups. I knew they didn't work when I bought it, but it was implied that they could be fixed.

Does anybody know a firm that repairs such things?

I have been in touch with VDO for a replacement, but the stuff is old (1983) and they no longer have any spares.

I realise I may have to replace the whole kit, but I rather like the look of the instruments.

Thanks

Will Taylor

 

[Stingo]

boat jumbles are often a good source

check for the next one in your area http://www.stingo.co.uk - now showing at a computer near you

 

[steve_cronin]

Must have been one of my old boats

I get scared stiff going aloft. If any thing goes wrong I sell the boat!

i took up sailing to avoid vertigo inducing pursuits so shinning up 65ft of slippy aluminium tube makes my finger ends tingle.

(Sorry for the flippant reply!)

Steve Cronin

 

[Strathglass]

Re: Must have been one of my old boats

Isn't that what young crew are for Steve?

Iain

 

[Guest]

Re: Must have been one of my old boats

you need to get your wife suitably trained. hoist your credit card up the mast on a halyard - that usually works!

 

[willtaylor]

Re: masthead unit repairs - replies so ffar

Everybody seems to have misunderstood.
The masthead unit is here on my desk at home.
It seems I cannot replace it with a new one and so far all attempts to find a used one have failed. Therefore I simply want to find out if it can be fixed - whether there are firms that do this?

If another masthead unit could be made to work with my instruments, maybe with a bit of recalibration, that would be fine too.

WT

 

[willtaylor]

Re: replies so ffar

Everybody seems to have misunderstood.
The masthead unit is here on my desk at home.
It seems I cannot replace it with a new one and so far all attempts to find a used one have failed. Therefore I simply want to find out if it can be fixed - whether there are firms that do this?

If another masthead unit could be made to work with my instruments, maybe with a bit of recalibration, that would be fine too.

WT

 

[Skyva_2]

Re: replies so ffar

Try Greenham Regis at Lymington, Soton or Chichester.

Keith