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A big thank you to Plastimo in France for their help restoring my Olympic 135 Compass.
After 25 years in the sun the exposed bits had faded, suffered a few knocks and cracks were appearing.
Bought a new sun cover and light from Whitworths but the base isn't a standard spare part.

Contacted Plastimo direct & they agreed to send a new base to Aust.

So, polished the lens with some toothpaste, topped up the oil to clear a bubble that had formed and reassembled.
I think it looks good as new.

Thanks again Plastimo for supporting your product 25 years later.

NICE !! That kind of support gets a big thumbs up from me, also to you for fixing it :) :)

What oil did you use for the top up??

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troubadour said..
What oil did you use for the top up??

Troubadour, After a bit of hunting around on the net it seemed Plastimo, and probably everyone else too, uses mineral oil. So I used good ol' Johnson's baby oil which is mineral oil and fragrance.

Hi Serenite, well done with this. I have a broken sun cover that I need to replace too. I looked at Whitworths online but I couldn't see spare Olympic 135 covers listed though? And I also have a bubble in mine, so the Johnsons Baby oil trick is appreciated.

Hi Serenite,

Thanks for the tip.

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2bish said..
Hi Serenite, well done with this. I have a broken sun cover that I need to replace too. I looked at Whitworths online but I couldn't see spare Olympic 135 covers listed though? And I also have a bubble in mine, so the Johnsons Baby oil trick is appreciated.

I rang Drummoyne Whitworths and they ordered it in for me, I've always found them pretty helpful too.

Another tip which might be worth sharing.

When I first started researching, some posts I found said the Olympic couldn't be refilled/topped up. But after unclipping the compensation module there was a hard plastic nipple on the bottom of my compass. In the centre of that nipple was a softer plastic, like filler. So I ground that filler out with a dremel type tool. Beneath the softer plastic filler is a brass or bronze screw (1/8" or maybe 3/16").

I filled mine through that with a syringe, put the screw back in and nipped it up. I didn't replace the plastic filler over the screw, maybe I should have for a perfect seal but it's been sitting upright at home for a couple of weeks and hasn't leaked yet.

All of this applies to my Olympic 135 which I presume is standard but I'm no expert.

Gerald

I topped mine up with baby oil a few years ago. Drilled a tiny hole in the bottom, injected the oil through a hypodermic, then touched a soldering iron to the hole to close it up. Worked perfectly, hasn't caused any problems since.

Only point to note is that they look at you strangely in the pharmacy when buying the syringe and baby oil together....

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sydchris said..
I topped mine up with baby oil a few years ago. Drilled a tiny hole in the bottom, injected the oil through a hypodermic, then touched a soldering iron to the hole to close it up. Worked perfectly, hasn't caused any problems since.

Only point to note is that they look at you strangely in the pharmacy when buying the syringe and baby oil together....

I buy my syringes from the rural Co-Op store, they don't sell baby oil so all good

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