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Author Topic: VIKING 2...THANKS..  (Read 4730 times)
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« on: March 25, 2005, 01:12:21 PM »

TO ALL WHO PROVIDED INPUT RE: MY SICK VIKING 2, I AM GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE OPINIONS...I DONT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT  LED TO MY GETTING THE OLD GIRL RUNNING,BUT IT WAS A COMBINATION OF ALL THE STUFF I RECEIVED...I BASICALLY REBUILT THE THING,FIGURING WHILE I WAS IN THERE ANYWAY,I WOULD REPLACE/TEST ALL THE COMPONENTS...IF YOU CAN FIGURE THIS,THE HARDEST PART WAS REMOVING THE OLD PLATE SWITCH...IT JUST DIDNT WANT TO COME OUT...HAD TO USE THE FINER TOOLS TO REMOVE IT...YA KNOW,LARGE VISE-GRIPS TO CRUSH IT,THE HANDY BALL PEEN HAMMER,HALF INCH CHISEL,3/4 INCH RAT TAIL FILE,AND ASSORTED ROTARY FILES....IMAGINE,OVER 1 HR TO REMOVE A TOGGLE SWITCH! THE DAMN THING WAS ALMOST WELDED IN PLACE AFTER ALL THESE YEARS...ANYWAY,AGAIN TO ALL.....THANKS...
           
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« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2005, 05:34:11 PM »

TIM

YOU MUST BE AN AIRPLANE MECHANIC.
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« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2005, 05:49:15 PM »

I got so into reading the manual for that old iron I just printed it all out & dropped it in the mail to you. Get a nice 1" 3 ring binder to put it in and you will have the whole thing for the next time you blow it up..
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