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Re: Pneumatic problems
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 10 Jun 2003 18:36:05 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Chris Pritchard wrote:
> Hey guys, I'm a bit in a pickle here.
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> I was dismantling my 8042 Universal pneumatic set when I went to pull off the
> tube off the bottom inlet (The tube was pretty much glued in. It was a non-lego
> tube), the whole thing snapped off!!
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> After dismantling the cyilendar, I am trying to fix it up. What I did was I
> took a 1/8" drill bit and, turning it by hand, drilled a small hole. Then I
> took a piece of flex system tubing, and now I'm trying to Epoxy it in. I left
> it overnight, and I put a piece of tubing on it, and when I pulled the tube off,
> the flex tube I glued on came with it!
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> And that's where I am now. I am retrying epoxying it back in. I am using
> Lepage 5 min epoxy. any suggestions, or do I need to use a stronger glue?
I don't think that flex system hose is the right thing to try.
You might sacrifice a pneumatic T to replace the nipple. I've had good luck
with that and epoxy.
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> Thanks for ANY suggestions,
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> Chris Pritchard
Kevin
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 | | Re: Pneumatic problems
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| Just contact lego, and they will send you a replacement. use the damaged one for fun! regards jt "Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HGA3o5.4y3@lugnet.com... (...) off the (...) non-lego (...) was I (...) Then I (...) I (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Pneumatic problems
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| (...) Try the pneumatic T? Could work, since I tried first to glue the broken inlet tube into the hole. That time, it did stick. Unfortuatly, I wanted it a bit longer, So that's where the flex tube comes in. I tried a different epoxie this time. I (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Pneumatic problems
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| Hey guys, I'm a bit in a pickle here. I was dismantling my 8042 Universal pneumatic set when I went to pull off the tube off the bottom inlet (The tube was pretty much glued in. It was a non-lego tube), the whole thing snapped off!! After (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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