drive "hood" parts[was: RE: DEC SDI drives]

From: David Woyciesjes <DAW_at_yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
Date: Mon Jun 3 11:14:12 2002

> From: Andreas Freiherr
>
> Gunther Schadow wrote:
> >
> > ... Then you can open the hood just like
> > in my car, check the alternator belt and I just haven't found the
> > oil dip stick yet :-).
>
> My trouble with it is that the "hood" always bounces back on the rear
> part of my head, because the pressurized gas retainers have lost their
> magic smoke in the cause of the years. I am convinced it's impossible
> and perhaps even dangerous to repair (i.e., to repressurize) them, but
> is there a known good source for spare parts?
>
> Without looking: are these parts the same type in a RA80 and in a RA82?
>
> I don't want headaches every time I adjust belt tension...
>
> --
>
        (continuing the automobile analogy...) How big are the gas shocks?
Anything like the ones that hold up a hatchback in car? Auto part places
like JCWhitney.com sell replacements...

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