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Re: Broken pieces in 8448 Supercar?
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Date: 
Wed, 19 Jan 2000 19:24:59 GMT
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http://www.lego.com/advanced/m0p0.asp - Mike's Column, FAQ.

Or if you are lazy (and don't want to check out the Cool stuff on the Supercar
site), http://www.lego.com/advanced/m6p1.asp

Ben Vaughan wrote:

I bought the 8448 supercar about 3 months ago.  It's been sitting on my desk
at work and hasn't really been touched at all.  The doors have been opened
probably 30 times.  This leads me to my problem.  The doors are raised
automatically by a spring loaded cylinder (I'm not sure of the actual name of
this piece).  Said spring is held in place by a small lip in the cylinder that
forces the compression of the spring when the door is down.  I tried to open
the doors today and found that the lips on *both* cylinders had cracked,
allowing the springs to decompress into the cylinder itself.  End result is
that the doors won't open.

Here's my question.  Anyone else seen this happen?  Any suggestions about
fixing it?  Should I just try to get replacements from TLC?
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Ben

Ben Vaughan
buster@marsbase.com
http://www.marsbase.com

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I bought the 8448 supercar about 3 months ago. It's been sitting on my desk at work and hasn't really been touched at all. The doors have been opened probably 30 times. This leads me to my problem. The doors are raised automatically by a spring (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)

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