How not to repair a spring

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rizbone
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How not to repair a spring

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Well it's interesting I'll give them that much. Found in a VV-VI I just bought at auction.
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"Crude but effective" illustrated ;)

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Did it run?

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I've seen some crude repairs but that takes the cake!

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"Crude, but defecive..."

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Or, as the Doctor put it once:

"Effective, but crude." ;)

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phonojim wrote:Did it run?

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I don't know. The spring was broken in two other places so perhaps it did, for a while.

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I'd say "redneck ingenuity" at its finest.

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