[TR] UHS

Dave1massey at cs.com Dave1massey at cs.com
Thu Feb 18 06:24:54 MST 2010


In a message dated 2/18/2010 3:27:48 AM Central Standard Time, 
david.brister at wanadoo.fr writes: 
> First I made a new plunger thingy. Took the carbon rod from a dry battery
> which fitted well into the barrel of an old pen of correct diameter.  Took 
> a
> very light compression spring, same one from the old ballpoint, I think. 
> Cut
> two pieces 10 mm or so from the carbon rod and glued them to the spring.
> They fitted into a piece of the ballpoint barrel cut to the appropriate
> length.
> Voila! A new plunger thingy.


And how d we know the first designer, at British Leyland, didn't do this 
very same thing?  (Except he got a patent for it.)

;-)

Cheers

Dave


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