Well, Rock Auto accepted my order, so we'll see if the new one is still available. If so, I'll let someone use either it or my old one to make a mold. I imagine there's a little money to be made by producing some and selling them, because it isn't an unusual part to break. Plastic gets brittle as it ages. I checked my fixed lever this morning, and it will be fine. What I did, is on the top there is a deep groove, and I lay a thin piece of brass shim in that groove, and lay a thin layer of epoxy between the metal and the plastic, and then over the metal. 30-minute epoxy is much stronger than 5-minute when it cures. I found I could lay the part top-down on a piece of wax paper and it held it in place. This morning, I couldn't see the crack between the two pieces, and wax paper peels easily off of epoxy. On Sep 30, 2010, at 10:35 AM, Robert Adams wrote: > Would be easy to cast in aluminum too. > > Robert Adams > > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 3:54 AM, John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have had good luck with the 5 minute. I would do the same thing as you for > now. > > If we could find one, it could be cast in silver pretty easy. Silver is > cheaper to cast than brass, and can be soldered if need be. The plastic would > burn out just like one of my wax models. I could create it in CAD too, if I > had one to go by. I sent one to the junk yard with the old Monte..... I am > sure. Who knew? > JC > > > On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Jared Ryan <jryan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > One would think. It seems to be discontinued, and no online site lists it, > but like you said, it has to be on a shelf somewhere. I'm going to keep an > eye out. > > For now, since it's a clean break, I am putting it back together with > 30-minute epoxy, with a piece of brass shim material across the break for > reinforcement. I'm using the slow-cure epoxy so it should last (I don't > trust 5-minute for anything that's going to take much force). > > As the picture shows, the lever's pivot is "keyed," and getting it out is > just a matter of lining it up right and pulling it up. > > > On Sep 29, 2010, at 6:41 PM, Chris Lindh wrote: > > > I've bought from that guy before... > > > > I'd keep looking for a new replacement... I bet that Four Seasons part > > is on a shelf somewhere... > > > > Rules: Please play nicely with others. > > -List members page (text & pic links): > http://www.myelcamino.net/eclist.htm > -List members page (all pics): > http://www.myelcamino.net/ec_list.htm > > >