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<DIV>In a message dated 10/8/2016 1:32:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
jadney@vwtype3.org writes:</DIV>
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style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>They are
very hard spring steel: impossible to duplicate. VW only <BR>made late
instruments available as replacement parts, so they also <BR>carried the early
tabs so they could be changed, but I've never <BR>managed to remove/replace
them without destroying the instrument. I <BR>probably have some from
destroyed instruments but I don't try to swap <BR>them because that's proved
to be way too hard.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2
face=Arial>I've knocked the old long one's out before, and replaced them with
shorter ones. It's a bunch of labor, but worth it in the end. <BR>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Bob 65 Notch
S with Sunroof</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>