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Re: WTB Various obscure bits
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Thu, 10 Aug 2000 00:28:54 GMT
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Clark Stephens wrote:
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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
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> 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.
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> > 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.
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> 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).
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> That's my 2p.
> Clark
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 Can anyone recommend a good glue for Lego - bought some so-called
ABS glue at a modelling shop yesterday, but it is very similar to PVA
glue i.e. useless.
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