Scott,
Try Ottofrei.com . If they don't have a replacement clasp then you
won't likely be able to find one. You might have to buy two to get an exact
match but worth it for points...
By the way, they have excellent prices on the
small Smith oxy/acetylene torch and the Hoke torch if you want to pad your
order. (Sounds fair to me...)
Kirby...
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From: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
To: shop-talk@Autox.Team.Net
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 4:28 PM
Subject: [Shop-talk] Repairing a
clasp--could be shop-related
But I'm asking here because you guys are the
smartest guys I know.
My the strap on my wife's purse has spring-loaded
clasps that attach the strap to the purse. It's the same principle as a
carabiner--you clip the purse latch/clasp over the ring on either end of the
purse and the strap stays on the purse.
The 'spring' in the clasp is (or was)
a wire. Now the wire is gone. The upshot is that the strap won't stay
attached to the purse, which is bad.
I've tried threading a length of guitar
cord, a paper clip, and some steel wire into the clasp in such a way that I
think the spring originally sat. No dice.
I've emailed the manufacturer who
says the model is discontinued and tough rockos.
I'm about to take a grinder
to the bar holding the clasp latch in so disassemble the clasp to get a spring
in there...I'm just not sure how I'll get it back together. I believe it's
known as a 'lobster' clasp and it's got some antiqued-brass finish that
doesn't look like it'll play nice with anything that can get that riveted bar
off.
So...since you guys literally seem to collectively know everything, I
thought I'd ask here first. I can (and probably should) take some pictures so
it's better explained what I'm trying to do, but...any advice?
My wife
literally LOVES this thing, and I suspect were I to be able to repair it, I
could obtain (more easily, anyway) acquiescence for the '68 Cougar with the
390 purchase I've been contemplating. That's how much she loves this thing.
I even went to some hobby/fabric store to see if I could get a replacement
clasp. Nothing. Ugh. I still smell like potpourri.
Help me out here,
fellas, this might actually be important.
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