In a message dated 2/18/2010 3:27:48 AM Central Standard Time,
david.brister@wanadoo.fr writes:
> First I made a new plunger thingy. Took the carbon rod from a dry battery
> which fitted well into the barrel of an old pen of correct diameter. Took
> a
> very light compression spring, same one from the old ballpoint, I think.
> Cut
> two pieces 10 mm or so from the carbon rod and glued them to the spring.
> They fitted into a piece of the ballpoint barrel cut to the appropriate
> length.
> Voila! A new plunger thingy.
And how d we know the first designer, at British Leyland, didn't do this
very same thing? (Except he got a patent for it.)
;-)
Cheers
Dave
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