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Re: Help ID strange piece
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 10 Oct 2000 17:22:59 GMT
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In lugnet.general, David Simmons writes:
> Here's a strange one I haven't seen before. I didn't even think it was Lego
> until I saw the name on it. It must be a fairly recent piece since the
> injection mark is in the middle of the company name.
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> The main body of the piece comprises a 1x4 area that is about two plates
> thick. At one end is a three-finger hinge attachment point. Just after
> this, inside the main housing, there's an attachment hook for a spring or
> rubber band. The inside of the piece is hollow, allowing a small arm to
> slide out.
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> The arm is at a 90 degree angle to the main body, and has an open,
> oval-shaped hook at the end. The hook design is too open to allow anything
> to "snap" onto it.
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> This piece clearly looks like it belongs on a tow truck. Can someone tell
> me the set # it belongs to? I want to know how it works so I can hopefully
> replace the spring.
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> Thanks,
>
> Dave
This sounds like the little red liftarm from set 6353, the Coast Guard
Cutter. I have a couple of these, and they *do* use a small rubber band,
though I haven't been able to figure out how to fix either of them (I can't
find the instructions to either set). I'm not sure if this was in any other
sets, though I imagine it would have to be on a truck somewhere.
Hmm... I guess I'm not of much help here. Anyone else know something about
these doohickies?
-Jeremiah-
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