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   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 4/5/2022 12:05 pm, Michael Trew wrote:   
   > On 5/3/2022 17:26, Xeno wrote:   
   >> On 4/5/2022 4:46 am, Michael Trew wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Can't wait to fix my '75 Dodge Dart.  It needs a leaf spring   
   >>> replaced (Lord knows how that broke), then it's back on the road.   
   >>   
   >> Leaf springs commonly break. It is one of the things I remember doing a   
   >> lot of when most cars had semi-eliptical leaf springs back in the day.   
   >> Used to replace a lot of broken coils springs too.   
   >   
   > Ah, I just assumed that they were more durable.  I found the '75 Dart   
   > parked on a neighborhood street with a $800 sign in the window.  I   
   > couldn't call the guy fast enough.  It barely ran on really old gas.  I   
   > puttered to a local fuel station, and it ran just well enough to get it   
   > home (with basically no brakes).   
   >   
   > I've since had the exhaust done, did the brake lines and most components   
   > myself with those nifty copper clad brake lines, and did a full tune-up.   
   >   It ran great until rolling down the road, BANG, passenger side of the   
   > car almost dragging on the tires last Autumn (leaf spring no longer   
   > shaped like a "U").  I bought two leaf springs, beefy ones with an extra   
   > leaf (from a V8 car) from a pull-a-part.  I just have to get gutsy   
   > enough to mess with those old rusted out bolts to install them.   
      
   Ah, yes, rusty old bolts, know them well.   
      
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   Xeno   
      
      
   Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.   
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