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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Mark Morgan writes:
> Ran Talbott wrote:
> I need an extension spring for a fork lift truck 924
Try the spring inside an old click-top ballpoint writing pen. There are also
smaller pens that have smaller springs. I no longer have a forklift to look
at, but I believe it will work.
> and a rubber hose(more flexible than pod race types) for a 926.
> It's a plain tubular black hose, and fits over the 2x1 taps (faucets?)
> on the rocket gantry.
Strip an electrical wire of the right colour & keep the covering. I'm not sure
about UK guages for electrical wire, but I'm sure you can find wire small
enough (be sure to bring a faucet with you for fit).
That's my 2p.
Clark
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| (...) Cheers Clark And that's all they'll cost! Have you ever considered writing a thrift book or something, those ideas are ingenious! I found a spring in a motor factors, but it is too strong, I'll go and raid my stationery drawer now. Mark BTW (...) (24 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| (...) Unfortunately we don't have hardware stores in the UK any more, just DIY super stores where you can buy all sorts of delicious sounding coloured emulsion paints, gas barbecues and pot plants, but nothing useful. (...) It's a plain tubular (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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