Thanks for testing them, Randall. Interesting, your old ones were
weaker than your new ones(!?) Don't know what to make of it, but I am
definitely staying with the new ones
that at least allow me to pull it out far enough.
Hope this message will get to you on the List, because I seem to have
been banished (reason "don't allow non-members to post"). I have been
a member for over a year.
Oh well, hopefully just some computer glitch.
Hans
On Mar 14, 2011, at 8:07 AM, Randall wrote:
>> So I tested the (probably original and nearly 1/2 century old)
>> springs
>> with a spring scale and found that it took 5 - 6 lbs. each to pull
>> them out 1/4'' beyond the in-place pretension point.
>
> FWIW, I checked both an old spring and a couple of new ones last
> night, with
> my digital fish scale. Didn't have a number for installed length,
> so I just
> pulled them out from coil bind. The new springs took about 4 lbs to
> pull
> 1/4", the old one a bit less than 3 lbs.
>
> Doesn't really help with your problem, but I think it indicates that
> your
> old springs were pretty close to correct.
>
> Sounds like you've got your jets & seals really slicked up. Hope
> they stay
> that way.
>
> -- Randall
>
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