<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">>Someone in our club made a new catch component from steel, but I'm not sre</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">>of his skill level or access to machinery.  Maybe we need to 3D print some!</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">>Dave</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">---------------------------------------------------</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">>> I found one of the gas door pulls in working order the other day. Only</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">>> problem is that the little claw that catches the door to hold it</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">>> closed has broken off. Has anyone drilled and tapped any kind of</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">>> substitute catch onto that to get it working again?</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">>That's little pot metal catch is always the first part to break, and I don't</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">>think there's any good way to repair them once that's gone.</span><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I've made some one-off, hand-made parts like the Gas Door Pulls.</span></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Is the small "ramp-like" catch that releases the spring-loaded gas door, "swagged" on to the cable?  Or was it cast on?</font></div><div><br></div>
-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>Gary "Frito" - '69 Variant, FI, MT<br></div><div>Rockport, TX (winter)</div><div>Lake Geneva, WI (summer)</div></div>
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