The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area The Tool Chest Handy dandy little tool. USB Borescope-Endoscope

Bought one like this on e/bay for twenty some dollars.
You can get into places that you can't with a mirror and a flash light.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-GoogleMKP-_-pla-_-Hubs-_-9SIA0U00925206

That link seems broken.

The link worked on my iPhone


Let us know if you get it to work
The one review was not clear
I paid alot more for one that is hand held with a detachable screen 9mm probe

I just tried again. Worked OK this time. Same computer and everything - go figure .

Brian, been looking for a bore scope that was reasonably priced
for decades. We used them when I was at the lab but they have
always been in the hundreds of dollars range. I'd borrowed one
from a friend to inspect the bore in during the annual inspections
I did on the Lycoming in my Pitts. Alas, he's moved on so I don't
have access to that anymore.

So this has an led light in the head? and how is the resolution?
and could you steer it inside of a cylinder? and I assume that
you use a USB port and view it on the screen using their viewer
that comes on the CD, correct?

Thanks,
Denny Graham
Sanwdich, IL

I've seen clips on YouTube that have enough definition to show the cross hatch marks from honing 30k miles before. I think the thing would be good to diagnose coolant leaks into the combustion chamber.

Well I took Brians recomendation and ordered one. Guess I'm
gonna have to sneak my "big old wifes" laptop out to the garage
when it comes.
DG

Thats one feature I like about the camera I purchased. It has a detachable screen.

But it's alot more expensive


I owned it sine Christmas and have yet to use it.

This is really not a bore scope, it's a small camera mounted on the end of an electrical
cable. But the cost is why I finally let the moths out of my pocketbook Gus. The
advantage to the more expensive real bore scopes is that the camera and display is all self
contained and they use a fiber optic cable with a very small lens at the end. Optional 90°
mirrors can be slipped on the end of the lens. They’re small enough to fit thru a sparkplug
hole, I’m not sure this camera is small enough to fit thru the hole and the camera length
would present a problem y also. One other disadvantage is I don’t think there is any way
you can view anything at an angle it would be used for a straight head on shot only.
But for $39 w/free shipping I don’t see how you can go wrong by having one in the tool
box and if you look around you can get them for under $25 now. I’m sure I’ll find a use
for it other than inspecting the cylinders, which is really the main reason I would like to
have a real bore scope.

Denny G

Ok, just talked to Brian, taint gonna go in the sparkplug hole.
14mm 1.25 is ..516" and the specs on the AGPTek site shows the
camera od at the widest point at 14.5mm (.579"). So it taint gonna
go in the hole and it’s no good for lookin’ in the cylinder.

But,,,,,,as I told Brian, I'll find some other use for it. How bout lookin' in
the gas tank, or drop it down the breather hole in the crankcase or as he
posted, back up under something you can't see with a mirror and flashlight..

DG

Here is the one I purchased
...click...


More expensive than the one HF offers but has a few more features.

Well, the good news is, you don't have to waste the Doctors time when it comes to a colonoscopy!

.354 diameter probe ? I saw some with I think .250 someplace, can't remember where, and they weren't too pricy either.

Follow up Truckerlet??????

Denny G

Not sure where. Do a search online.