Joe wrote:
> At 12:14 PM 6/3/02 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>>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?
>>>
>
>
> Auto parts houses carry replacement struts. I bought a pair from Discount Auto Parts. I think the cost was less than $8 each but that was a couple of years ago.
Hehe, see, told ya, it's just like with a car. I usually go to Autozone,
but haven't checked on these struts yet. But then there is always a
poor man's hood prop rod that can be used :-)
cheers,
-Gunther
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Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow_at_regenstrief.org
Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care
Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School of Medicine
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Received on Mon Jun 03 2002 - 17:01:09 BST