On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:53:47 -0500, the infamous Ignoramus11847
scrawled the following:

On 2010-04-13, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:48:56 -0500, Ignoramus1414
wrote:

On 2010-04-13, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:20:38 -0500, Ignoramus1414
wrote:

I called Ingersoll-Rand. The hoist was made in 1974. Since it was made
after I was born, I consider is almost new. The tech guy told me the
same thing as I was told here, most likely it is a bad, rotted seal
and I need to find out which one, and they will sell me a
replacement.

They have a replacement control arm for not too much (relatively
speaking -- the hoist cost me $35 and the replacement control arm is
$78), and the seals.

i
You have a mill and a welder. Make a new control arm. Save yourself $78
plus shipping and enjoy doing it.

I would need the drawing, I cannot make an approximately right control
arm.

i
You have the busted parts...right?


The arm looks like this (if I look at it sideways)


,.-~~~~-.,

And all I have in my possession is ~~~

Ah, but you're smarter than the broken parts, Ig. You can dismantle it
and see which way the ~~~ moves to actuate the mechanism and design a
new arm in minutes, right? Does it rotate on a vertical or horizontal
plane? Design arms to fit with proper ends for the actuator you plan
to use. No worries, mate!

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will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will
blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy,
while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.
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