"Timothy Murphy" wrote in message
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I have inherited a rather nice letter box.
However, the flap does not close properly
because the spring which is meant to hold it closed
is broken.

This is a small helical or cylindrical spring on a small rod.
I've looked around at a few hardware stores,
but not seen any such springs on offer.
Is it possible to purchase them on-line somewhere?

Or is there some other way of stopping wind
blowing through the letter box?
I once had the oposite problem. I had to reduce the spring
tention of a brass letter-plate before it bit the postman's
hand off.


--
Graham.

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