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(...) I must confess that I was a bit mixed up on the original question, as I don't believe I own any of the old pins without the slot through the center. I thought you were referring to the old #2 plus-rods. Anyways, how about trying a 1x? TECHNIC (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic)
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Thanks for the responses, everyone. (...) I generally also use the notched 2 axles in my models, but I seem to actually have way more of the older notchless type. Those are pretty easy to remove by using the older type of half-bushings though (part (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Pneumatic hose color usage
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(...) It seems that they changed the color schemes for this a couple of times. For a long time (1985-1997), almost all of the sets used the one you described there, with gray tubes for the pump-valve inlet connections and black ones for the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Pneumatic hose color usage
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(...) I have 2 different sets with pneumatics. The first is 5218 which has 3 hose colors (blue, light grey, black) and uses them like the basic set you describe. The other set is 8250/8299 and has only 2 hose colors: light grey from the pump to tank (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Pneumatic hose color usage
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I own sets that use transparent hose from the pump to the switch and black to the pistons, and a set where grey is used from the pump to the switch and black to the pistons. In the 8868, the black hoses become quite the head ache, and i always find (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jul-03, to lugnet.technic)
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