05-21-2023, 11:35 PM
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Craftsman
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Olive Branch, MS
Posts: 403
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Originally Posted by Earl
Jeff-
In addition to all the standard kit contents, it did include an instruction addendum that was similar to yours but not exactly the same. The addendum sheet covered both the new plastic nose cone and the new shock cord fastener attachment method (scanned document attached below). I have a couple other Centuri kits from this era that contain this exact same addendum sheet. Possibly, your addendum sheet is an earlier version, as it is specific to the V2. Mine is more generic and would therefore be useable with other Centuri kits. Mine did not have the R&D paper slip in it, but I have another kit (I think a Enerjet kit) that has that in it.
I have also attached an image of my cone so you can see the condition of my 'lug'. The tops of the little nubs are rounded and very smooth...no signs of sawing or filing at all.
So, if you lock closely at your cone, can you actually see ‘abrasions’ and ‘scratch marks’ over the area where the lug should be? Although your photo is pretty close up, I just can’t tell completely. Mine certainly has more of what was supposed to be the lug showing. Possibly (if your kit had a prior owner), the original owner may have filed down what was left of the ‘nubs’. Of course, if you are the original owner or if the kit was sealed when you got it, then that answers that question.
I guess the big question would be: “Did all these V2 cones suffer the same fate, or did some actually come out of the mold ok?” It still kind of baffles me that this mold issue was apparently never resolved by Centuri and the cone never used any further.
Earl
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Hi Earl,
Thank you for your posting with the photo of the addendum that was included in your Centuri KS-19 V-2 kit. My Centuri KS-19 V-2 kit has a similar but different shock cord attachment addendum (photo attached).
Also, I've made another attempt at photographing the Centuri KS-19 V-2 kit plastic nose cone base eyelet area. I don't see any distinctive file marks, but the surface of the original eyelet location is smooth in appearance and to the touch. It is possible that the malformed eyelet nubs could have been cut off with a sharp hobby knife or possibly sanded off with very fine sandpaper.
I'm not the original kit owner. When I purchased the Centuri KS-19 V-2 kit, it was sealed with a piece of clear cellophane packaging tape, so it had been previously opened because the factory packaging staples had been removed. It is unknown whether the malformed original eyelet nubs on the plastic nose cone were removed by Centuri or by someone else, but, other than the missing packaging staples, the kit is pristine with nothing missing and nothing else disturbed or modified (except the anchor ring is intentionally left out due to the shock cord attachment change), so I concluded that Centuri R&D made all the mods to the plastic nose cone base.
You are likely correct that my Centuri KS-19 V-2 kit is one of the earlier versions issued with the plastic nose cone, since it includes a kit specific addendum. Centuri may have made a little more effort to 'clean up' the plastic nose cone eyelet defect on the one I have, if it was issued earlier. By the time they got around to packaging the kit you purchased, they may have made a little less effort to 'clean up' the defect and simply included the more generic addendum that was sort of all encompassing, rather than have several inserts.
Kind regards,
Jeff Jenkins
aka: Faithwalker
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