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Ruckstell Part #?

Post by Steve Jelf » Thu Mar 16, 2023 11:52 pm

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All the parts books call this P-159.



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But it's marked P-140.

What the...?
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Re: Ruckstell Part #?

Post by speedytinc » Fri Mar 17, 2023 8:32 am

Interesting observation. Close enough? :D
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Re: Ruckstell Part #?

Post by CudaMan » Fri Mar 17, 2023 8:44 am

This has been observed before. Even Stan was at a loss for an explanation. :)

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Re: Ruckstell Part #?

Post by Original Smith » Fri Mar 17, 2023 11:35 am

Maybe it's a Perfecto? Check with Richard Gould.
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Re: Ruckstell Part #?

Post by Steve Jelf » Fri Mar 17, 2023 2:16 pm

Maybe it's a Perfecto?

Nope. It was one of about half a dozen all the same, salvaged from Ruckstels.
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Re: Ruckstell Part #?

Post by TRDxB2 » Fri Mar 17, 2023 4:13 pm

Maybe someone pulled the wrong # out of the box & didn't pay attention. :roll:
You wouldn't scrap that because of the part number, likely they thought the same.
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Re: Ruckstell Part #?

Post by A Whiteman » Fri Mar 17, 2023 4:25 pm

Or more likely the draftsman making the parts catalogue used the wrong number and no one checked....

Once it was published it was too embarrassing to say it was an error?

an interesting side note of history :-)
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Re: Ruckstell Part #?

Post by BE_ZERO_BE » Fri Mar 17, 2023 4:55 pm

P-140 was the Metric version. :lol:
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Re: Ruckstell Part #?

Post by Original Smith » Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:56 am

Go ahead and use it! It looks to be in nice shape. So many of them have a big groove in them.
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