On 12/04/2010 09:02, N_Cook wrote:
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Evey month the little lever thingie snaps off the modular RJ11 mail
connector on my laptop's dialup modem cable and I have to crimp on a
new one...

Could you make a sort of soft sprung mount inside the exposed finger-tab
piece, perhaps some cable sleeve and hotmelt glue each side, Then if/when
the original hinge end fails , remake with some hotmelt glue at that end.
Hotmelt string details on my tips files, off below

Or ...

http://www.instructables.com/id/Repa...Ethernet-Plug/

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Adrian C