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Re: 8862 pneumatic cap colours (spawned from is technic being killed off)
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lugnet.technic
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Mon, 25 Feb 2002 21:45:50 GMT
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Same here, all yellow accept the pump cap.
That model was apperently in two revisions, one early with all yellow cylinders
with 4.5 V motor instruction and one with black and yellow cylinders with 9V
motor instruction.
My instructions have black and yellow cylinder with 4.5 V motor instruction.
I think that it was a discussion about that for a couple months about that, look
back in history.
/Pehter
Rebecca Taylor wrote:
> In lugnet.technic, William Howard writes:
>
> > There are now FOUR - they're breeding! (1707421982, 1707421982, 1706796599
> > and 1706922538) - the last one has yellow cylinder caps and also the pump
> > cap!
> >
> > Mine has black caps.
> >
> > Wonder if its to do with the age of the model as I've seen instructions for
> > motorising this set with both a 4.5v and a 9v motor
> >
> > W
>
> All the cylinders that came with my JCB, and those illustrated in the
> instructions were all-yellow. The exra cylinder I ordered from the spares
> service came with a black cap which annoyed me a bit at the time (I was a
> lot younger).
> The instructions also show the 4.5V motorisation, with, as far as my memory
> serves, the original rounded motor and battery box. I bought my set when it
> first came out in 1989.
>
> Why did they change the cylinders at all? I would have thought making them
> all one colour was more in keeping with real life.
>
> Becky
--
Pehter "Ibbe" Abrahamsson
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