On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 20:56:55 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I used a short piece of 1/16" welding rod threaded through the snap > swivels to hold them in the case, just bent the ends over. So far, I'm > very happy with the result. Oh, is that what that is? I thought it was a piece of 12 ga copper wire. Craig > On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 8:04 PM, Craig via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 14:26:27 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > Last night I got tired of the cheap things holding the keys in the > > > case, so I pulled them out and replaced them with snap swivels - > > > works MUCH better, and I don't think I'll find the keys lying > > > around the floor because they came off. > > > See photos attached when list mom releases them. > > > > Now that's a really neat idea. > > > > I have a key case with exactly the same kind of "holders" with exactly > > the same kind of problem. > > > > I have opened them and bent them so it requires more force to close > > them, but am always leery of losing a key. > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > -- > OK Don > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many > of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few > who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric > fence for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > Craig ---------------------------------- Present: '82 240D/3.0 Bluebell 285 kmi (Still need to fix leaking oil pressure gauge and do something about the failed hood paint and attend to the headlight switch -- and now I need to do something about the broken left rear trailing arm) '89 Chevrolet G20 Beauville Van (affectionately dubbed the BRV, the Big Red Van) Past: '95 E320 Sebastian 135 kmi RIP '94 E420 Oskar 127 kmi RIP '86 190E/2.3 '72 220/8 '64 190Dc Emma '72 220D/8 Herman 186 kmi _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
