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Old October 28th 09, 11:18 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dave Nadler
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Default Cobra bottle jack failure

On Oct 28, 5:52*pm, db_sonic wrote:
Yep, actually I already did. * But before doing that I had attempted
to fix it and was disappointed when I couldn't figure it out. *Till
last night when a cracked it open. *Incidentally took a monkey wrench
and a propane torch to get the top off and I really had to lean into
it.

You might be right though that any replacement part would just fail
again... *Just seems wrong though to toss a 5 lb chunk of metal into
the garbage can.

Darren


Most people just replace the jack ~$80/$90 or so and not waste time
messing around. Unfortuantely Cobra uses junk jacks and will likely
fail in a few years again.


Williams Soaring should have them.


Darryl


If you figure it out, you could have a nice overhaul biz...