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| | | I opened the wing doors on my super car today only to find that one air damper had shattered internally and would not operate. I inspected the other one and those on 8446 and 8447 and found they too were broken, but not to the point of not working. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | Re: Technic air-dampers —Jonathon Goldsworthy
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| | | | | Back in late August/early September, they did not recognise it as a design flaw, but simply a quality control problem. My replacements were identical in design to those in the original set. I have been holding off from returning my broken (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | | Re: Technic air-dampers —Huw Millington
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| | | | | | | Jonathon Goldsworthy <jgold@cableinet.co.uk> wrote in message news:FL7I1w.2vo@lugnet.com... (...) I sent mine back today. I'll LYK what happens. Huw (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | | Re: Technic air-dampers —John Morgan
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| | | | | | Hi, Jonathon? Are you saying the "replacment" cylinders also "broke" after use ? Huw? when you say "shattered internally" what are you seeing there? broken seals or fractured ABS parts ? After reading this, I am leaving my Indy Storm in the open or (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Technic air-dampers —Huw Millington
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| | | | | | (...) The part inside the cylinder at the top that takes the pressure of the compressed spring is obviously not man enough for the job because it cracks and leaves bits of ABS inside the cylinder. Huw (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Technic air-dampers —Jonathon Goldsworthy
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| | | | | | | As Huw says, the black piece of plastic, that prevents the spring from dropping into the clear cylinder, breaks up. This renders the damper completely useless. As soon as my original replacements arrived, I placed them in a compressed position, to (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Technic air-dampers —Huw Millington
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| | | | | | | | (...) the (...) Its good to hear that they have acknowledged there's a problem. I can't see them being aluminium, though :-) Huw (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Technic air-dampers —Jonathon Goldsworthy
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| | | | | | | | My new dampers arrived today, which is a very quick response. One has gone straight into compression. Unfortunately, I cannot see any difference between these and the old items. :-( Jonathon Huw Millington wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Technic air-dampers —James Powell
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| | | | | | (...) Huw, they must vary from lot to lot, because I have one that was built up on about the 25th of aug, and is still fine...I don't know, it could be yet to go though :) James (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Technic air-dampers —Huw Millington
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| | | | | | James Powell <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:FL9E03.Ju8@lugnet.com... (...) about (...) though Only one of mine was visibly broken while it was still in the model - the one that stopped working. The other ones had hairline (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | Re: Technic air-dampers —Peter Jepsen
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| | | | | Huw Millington skrev i meddelelsen ... <snip> (...) I called TLG when the damper on my new 8446 broke a week after assembly. (This is about 14 days ago) I phoned TLG, and as I recall, the helpdesk woman said that the problem was fixed in later (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: Technic air-dampers —Scott Arthur
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| | | | This is now a recognised problem. At (URL) found: QUESTION: There are two spring-loaded transparent elements that open the doors and pull the roof of the Supercar on and off. Without any overloading or misuse, one of these elements in my model (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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