Subject: Re: Hallelujah, almost...
Author: Paul P. Linn
Date: Apr 7, 2005, 8:06 PM
Post ID: 1718667656
A cracked cap can give you grief. The crack can be so small you can't
even see it. A cheap fix is to spray it on the inside and outside with
some clear coat then carefully clean off the contact points. Did this on
my Ambo years ago and it ran fine for a number of years this way.
Paul
Ted Ward wrote:
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