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Old 03-12-2008, 06:30 AM   #16
Radman
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Originally posted by geofkaye:
.Radman:...much further than I ever got!....I was thinking a small 12 vt reversing motor and a leed screw...and that is as far as I got!.....I had to take an emergency nap that day-the strain of laying under the tractor on a creeper and thinking out a plan made me sleepy.....and as usual- I forgot about the plan-some time during that nap till now[2+years ago].....geofkaye
Until 2+ years later? Have we awakened the sleeping genus?

I think this will work out pretty well. I am considering a simple 1-way solenoid and a controled bleed hole to bleed off the air in the extension cylinder and return to the normal position.

Simple and elegant solution to the retraction of the cylinder or silly idea: what do you guys think?

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