Brad/Mike,
Does this mean I don't need to pick up a dimmer knob at Norristown this
weekend? Brad, was this for Mike Walter?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Fornal [SMTP:toyman@htcomp.net]
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 4:23 PM
> To: Steve Byers
> Cc: spridgets
> Subject: Re: HELP!!
>
> Frank, its off now. Steve, here is how I did it. I took a pair of channel
> lock
> pliers and duct taped up the upper jaw to pad it. I then got a 8-32 screw
> about 1
> inch long and held it with my needle nose vice grips up by the screw head.
> I put
> the narrow end of the screw against the pin and squeezed this with the
> channel
> locks (making sure that the taped jaw was against the knob). With slight
> pressure
> the pin is now stuck in the (no longer) spring loaded hole and the knob is
> removed
> (there were no knobs harmed during this procedure I just described) and
> ready to
> ship to it's anxious recipient. Thanks for all the great advice, this just
> happened
> to work for me. Brad
>
> Steve Byers wrote:
>
> > He may have a knob like the one on my Midget, Frank. I knew about the
> pin, but
> > no matter how much I pushed it, it wouldn't move. I had to cut a slot
> to the
> > end of the knob to get it off. The pin still wouldn't move, and I have
> no idea
> > why. The slot in the knob doesn't show, much.
> >
> > Steve Byers
> > Havelock, NC USA
> > '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
> > "It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
> > than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
> > To: Brad Fornal <toyman@htcomp.net>
> > Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 11:48 AM
> > Subject: Re: HELP!!
> >
> > > Brad Fornal wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I need to get a little advice, I have offered to give a dimmer knob
> for
> > > > a RB Midget to another lister, but I can't get the damn thing off!!
> It
> > > > has a small button on it but doesn't seem to push or anything.
> What's up
> > > > with this thing?? TIA Brad
> > >
> > > Brad
> > >
> > > Use a thin awl or dental pick or a tooth pick and push the pin in via
> > > the small hole in the side of the knob. It has a spring tab on it.
> Push
> > > in on the pin and pull out on the knob at the same time.
> > > --
> > > Frank Clarici
> > > Toms River, NJ
> > > Too many Sprites (again)
> > > There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> > > http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
>
>
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