Re: The Rambler Mentality

["amc74hornet" <AMC74HORNET@xxxx>]

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxx> wrote:
> The Rambler Mentality! I even have a file on my website about several severe
> cases of AMCers afflicted with this:
> http://www.planethoustonamx.com/parts%20&%20Literature/bodyParts.htm
> WARNING: SWAP MEET LANGUAGE!!
> 
> Yes, by all means, buy a repro for $15, I didn't know those had been
> reproed, but all I can say is it is about time. Those little steering wheel
> spacers have been my bane for decades now. The problem with a used one is
> they get brittle from direct sunlight. I have probably tried everything to
> glue, weld, you name it, back together and nothing has ever worked.
> Hopefully the new ones are fiberglass, who is selling them?
> Eddie Stakes
> www.planethoustonamx.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "amc74hornet" <AMC74HORNET@xxxx>
> Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] The Rambler Mentality
> > Everyone knows the plastic spacer between the 3 spoked steering wheel and
> steerin column gets brittle and breaks. 4 years ago a friend gave me a 3
> spoke wheel and it had a broken spacer. Being a model builder I have all
> sorts of plastic glue's on hand and repaired it. It's still just like new
> now. The 73 Hornet "X" wheel I am restoreing for the new Hornet has the same
> problem with the spacer. My son said that new repo ones are available for
> 15$ buy one!!!!. I spent 2 hours fixing the one I have with materials I
> already had, so there's 15$ I don't have to spend on that anyway. With this
> car trying to nickle and dime me to death at every turn I got to save every
> penny I can.
> > "Doc"
> >

I just asked my son who made the repo spacers, he said Kennedy. I checked their catalog and he was mistaken. He miss took another part for the spacer. Eddie being disabled/retired I have time to repair these little things if I can. There is a 2 part plastic epoxy called the Plastic Welding System I have used sucessfully on all types of interior plastic's. My father always said I fixed things that other people thew away. "Doc"