[V8] parting a 93

[Tim Hollister]

try bic lighter springs. (small spring under the flint) smaller than a pen spring

--- George Tur <getur at optonline.net> wrote:

> On Saturday 14 October 2006 23:56, you wrote:
> > Rumor has it springs from a ball point pen work.  I have not tried it as I
> > swapped my whole system out.
> >
> Actually, I did try that and I couldn't find springs that were small enough to 
> fit, and the ones that I tried to cut down wouldn't sit correctly. Probably 
> I'm just not doing it right.
> 
> One solution that worked for a while was to cut some dense packing foam into 
> the correct shape and use that in place of the springs. But, for some reason 
> they seem to lose their elasticity and stay collapsed after prolonged use. 
> It's been almost a year since I replaced the old springs with foam ones and 
> the buttons with the foam are not returning. I'll redo with more foam but I 
> would like to replace them with the proper springs since they have a more 
> positive feel and lasted longer than the foam solution.
> 
> George
> 91 V8
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