X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:09:42 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from smtp105.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.198.204] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.8) with SMTP id 3189384 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:07:49 -0400 Received: (qmail 1973 invoked from network); 27 Sep 2008 16:07:48 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Message-ID:From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE; b=28WFiI9Zd4C5dAyLCWVY5FzvDWv3g2qi/fWZ3oplGuxBpGEQ0foZpz0561E9+eTQlmugjm8UGjvK8cQHvZnnlG5UrpXl1L5rmHzqcuSHfZ0XlufNBlS6vEUl1lka7Kexq8LcS3a1dXIQvfj+drxxYCBJSXwjGOK0dLDEaJ5LCWg= ; Received: from unknown (HELO Computerroom) (elippse@75.15.126.239 with login) by smtp105.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Sep 2008 16:07:48 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: bIvur8cVM1kAqIw70m5BVr0F8V9lvRelXCSPaMoMuTfpuLzBlPtHG8FcVCKmiEEG9xVMqsNKvU7jEmXH6Gk2Jm3rKwdO77MoJODt4WH9bJmRow3jfvAsDbig7vqJlRt8nfM- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Original-Message-ID: <002701c920bb$39586f80$4001a8c0@Computerroom> From: "Paul Lipps" X-Original-To: "Marv Kaye" Subject: Canopy gas struts X-Original-Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:29:19 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0005_01C9207B.23108040" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C9207B.23108040 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable After being wacked for the umpteenth time by my canopy dropping shut and = bruising my head, shoulder, or arm with the slightest breeze, I finally = replaced the gas struts with those purchased from a local auto parts = store. Here in coastal California our temperatures don't get very high, = and on the cooler mornings, the struts wouldn't keep the canopy open. = Once temperatures got a little higher the struts had a little more = oomph! I measured the strut's force on a scale, and one was 26 lb and = the other 32. I took them to the store where they measured them and = looked up 40 lb struts. They ordered them out of LA and they were in the = next morning. The ones I got were Turbo-Lift #819-5579. They are about = 3/4" longer, and hold the canopy a little further open, but with lots = more authority! ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C9207B.23108040 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
After being wacked for the umpteenth time by my = canopy=20 dropping shut and bruising my head, shoulder, or arm with the slightest = breeze,=20 I finally replaced the gas struts with those purchased from a local = auto=20 parts store. Here in coastal California our temperatures don't get very = high,=20 and on the cooler mornings, the struts wouldn't keep the canopy open. = Once=20 temperatures got a little higher the struts had a little more oomph! I = measured=20 the strut's force on a scale, and one was 26 lb and the other 32. I took = them to=20 the store where they measured them and looked up 40 lb struts. They = ordered them=20 out of LA and they were in the next morning. The ones I got were = Turbo-Lift=20 #819-5579. They are about 3/4" longer, and hold the canopy a = little further=20 open, but with lots more authority!
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