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Re: Broken pieces in 8448 Supercar?
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lugnet.technic
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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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