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Date:         Fri, 31 Mar 2017 18:25:07 +0000
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Another strut use.
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca>
In-Reply-To:  <38F8AEC6-CB6E-417E-B2F4-8FD116717A62@shaw.ca>
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I recently ordered a bunch of different test lead terminals and three pocket meters from banggood. We'll see!

Jim

On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 11:34 AM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Felder industries comes through with simple and obvious solution, thanks > :-) > > Most of my banggood buys have been small electronic things, little control > boards etc. They are being worked on as we speak in the top secret R&D labs > of Bell International, for a vanagon application. > > A recent purchase that I'm pretty happy with is a hand help multimeter. I > have three multimeters; a bench top Phillips, a small inexpensive one kept > in the van, and a regular sized hand held that was the main workhorse. But > that one got bites off the island by the other two when it wouldn't agree > even after battery change. > > The new multimeter has all the features you expect, and a couple more I > really like. Has a big LCD screen with a timed back light feature. Oh I > really like that. Also has a sensor on one end that detects live AC > circuits. Both with a beep and a led scale. > As you'd expect from an inexpensive meter the test leads are not the best. > Easy enough to swap in some nicer ones ( ie more supple). > > Alistair > > > > > On Mar 31, 2017, at 8:19 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ordered! My Banggood orders have ranged from a set of jeweler's > screwdrivers I threw in the trash without as soon as I saw them up to some > of the best little devices for very little money. > > RE the screw holes from the broken leg strut: at one time Felder > Industries made me some paint that exactly matched the color of the Westy > interior surfaces. I filled and painted over some damage and I'd give you 5 > bucks if you could find them. > > Jim > > On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 11:16 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > > Coincidentally to the recent hatch strut discussion, today I got another > one of my Chinese mail deliveries. > > I'm totally hooked on small purchase from banggood. I mean, it's not like > everything is great but the expense is small and many of the things turn > out pretty damn good, > > This package was 4 short gas charged struts. I used one of them this > afternoon to finally replace the broken leg type support on the kitchen > unit lid. > > Blog post here > > https://shufti.blog/2017/03/30/vanagon-kitchen-unit-lid-strut-support/ > > Alistair > >


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