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Old 09-10-2009, 09:22 PM
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the top hat and pin . spring... HELP!!!!!!!!!

i was putting a 3200 gov sprin in .. and the the lil spring wanted to take a trip... so what i am needing is a part number for such a spring... in a bad bad bad bad bad way...
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from what i know cause someone eles on here did this that there hard thing to find.
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I lost mine when I put my spring in. My local pump shop had it in stock. Theres a parts break down in the sticky. The # is 1 464 610 302.
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is that called the tensioning spring or idle spring... .. thanks for the help..
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sheeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwweeeeeeeeee.. i found it... luck me... thanks for the help guys....
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HUMP ME.. i lost the edit again.... lol here today.. gone tomarrow... i wounder if i could crazy glue the tip of the sprin to the pin and the plunger.. ya think it would hurt... it will still have flexabilty.. just wont come loose... if i find it?????? lol
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Originally Posted by disturbed24v
HUMP ME.. i lost the sh#t again.... lol here today.. gone tomarrow... i wounder if i could crazy glue the tip of the sprin to the pin and the plunger.. ya think it would hurt... it will still have flexabilty.. just wont come loose... if i find it?????? lol
No you use your index finger to hold the top hat and spring.
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There's an exploded diagram with part numbers in the sticky if you don't find your pieces again.

And keep your finger on it until it's hooked this time.
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well i glued the spring to the pin.. just a touch of glue.. it helped.. instead of 3 parts flying all the hell ove. just had 2.. it work tho. still did what it was sopossed to do... got it all on.. screwed the full fuel pin on.. started rite up. like nothen was taken off. and thats not very often.. with my luck.. i always got to do 4 or 5 times to get it.. so thanks for the help. and part numbers. for the sprin.. i hope i have to do it again. with the 4200 sprin. some time soon... it was so much fun.. loosing it every 30 sec.. put tools down. look for it for an hr.. find it, try it again.. loose it.. look for it for an hr.. then try it again. and so on and so on..
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What's so hard about keeping your finger on the top hat?
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i have rabbies. i guess..
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i have rabbies. i guess..
At least you're a good sport! Glad you got it back together OK.
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cant be a edit all my life..lol
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