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On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 09:26, Jim Adney wrote: > On 14 Jun 2006 at 1:29, John Jaranson wrote: > > > Bob Hudson claims to have seen some which failed in the collapsed position. > That actually seems like they would be harder to make and virtually impossible > to inspect for duds after they come out of the soldering furnace. I don't know > why anyone would try to make them that way, but I have no reason to doubt Bob. Were the ones that Bob saw failed in the closed position, possibly some of the brazilian made ones that depended on a bi-metal type spring?? The do fail in the closed position. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~