Where do you plan to market it? Harry
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Cathey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Pulled the hood ornament. Looking at the manual, the old epoxied POS, > and the (partial) new star I now see what the huge spring to the > bottom of the grille is about: the locking collar is missing (on both > ornament assemblies!) and the heavy spring is what's holding the whole > mess in. The old assembly had its heavier (of two) springs moved from > the inside of the spring retainer cup to the outside of it (below), > and the inner spring was extended and had a cotter pin through it to > pin the outer spring in place. (The relocated spring is what normally > puts tension on the star itself so that it stays wherever it's moved > to in its socket, but its lack wasn't felt because the socket was > epoxied together, presumably as part of holding on a snapped-off > star.) Then the whole mess was spring-loaded down into the grille's > hole by the long heavy spring. Without the locking collar what else > can you do? I ended up just moving the old outer spring to the same > place on the new (resulting in two outer springs, one inside the > retaining cup and one outside) and used a piece of framing nail to pin > it in place through the inner spring's hook as before. Then the whole > mess was loaded into the grille's hole and tied down with the long > spring, just as before. > > Highly inelegant, but functional. And it looks just fine from > outside. If someday a retaining clip turned up it could easily be > made right as no harm has been done to anything, so that's OK, but it > seems just fine to me as it is. > > Done! Have I said that lately? Thanks to Kevin, for > Erik the half-a-star! > > Now I just need to wait for the weather to clear enough to wash > the car again and take the pictures. Then it goes up for sale. > > -- Jim
