[R-390] Counter Cover - E Clips break easily?

[Buzz]

I've had that happed to me also.  I can get most "E" clips from the =
little boxes in the nut and bolt
isle of my local hardware store.  Lowe's also has them but I'm not sure =
about the Ho Depot.
Regards,
Buzz


On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 20:28:04 +0100, you wrote:
>
>
>Hello All,=20
>
> This evening, after some success getting the grime off of the panel, I =
began=20
>to work on the counter (dial) cover, removing the glass, E clips and =
copper=20
>glass keepers.=20
> After finishing up, I put the clip in place, beside the black post. I =
put my=20
>one tip of the needle-nose pliers on the black post, the other on the =
middle of=20
>the clip, and tightened.
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> CRACK. The damn clip cracked in half! Tried the other one, did the same=
 thing!=20
>Now I've lost both. Now the questions:
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>1. Since my method (worked before on other radios...) cracks the clips, =
how do =20
>   I put them on? Get one side into the post groove, then pull and slip =
the=20
>   other one in?
>
>2. Is it a standard size that can be purchased out of a catalog?
>
>3. Anybody got spares?
>
>
>David G. Goncalves
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