b_billy

Good news, everyone! So...I finally got around to messing around with the super glue/baking soda method and I have to say that it has, so far, worked flawlessly! I put my 800 back together and the lever releases the door perfectly. I did need to do some filing down of some bumps to make everything fit and move as it should. It ain't pretty but it's functional. All in all, I found that actually putting that whole assembly back together to be the toughest part of this whole project; that metal piece flew across the room a couple of times. Lol If anyone is planning on using this method for this particular repair or another purpose, I strongly recommend that you "practice" first before doing your actual project just to kind of get the feel of it. I used the solder sucker/bulb to puff the baking soda onto the glue which seemed to work fairly well for this. I attached a couple of pics of the finished product and a gratuitous pic of my collection/setup. (yes...there is still work to be done!) If there's anything you'd like to ask about this project, please feel free!

That's what I was thinking too... I have 2 other 800 cases that I'm going to practice on first just to get the feel of it. The case I'm trying to repair is for my "old Bessy" so to speak so I don't want to mess that one up.

I know this is an old post but I'm looking to do this same repair on my Atari 800 that I just dragged out of my mother's basement and refurbished. Everything was going well until one of those plastic posts broke off. I was quite annoyed! After much searching, I found this post and I tried to muster up some courage (about 2-3 months now) to attempt this repair. Just a few days ago, I stumbled across this video: Obviously, this doesn't show how exactly to repair those pieces on the Atari but it got me thinking how I could use this method to do so. I keep looking at the broken part(s) and trying to come up with a plan. So far, I don't think that it will look exactly as it did but that won't matter since those pieces are completely inside the case. I'm even contemplating using some sort of hybrid method that includes melting a pin into the plastic as well but still thinking it through. I'll update this post with my results and try to post some pics in the hopes that it will help someone out. Stay tuned... EDIT: If you have any thoughts on anything related to this repair, I'm all ears!