Hi Rick,

Do you have access to a good glass blower? When I converted my Conflo 
II to a Conflo III our glass blower made those same pieces for me. I 
think he used some stock tubing he had but I'm sure Microcap pipette 
tubes, as Gerry suggests, would also work.

Cheers,
Steve

At 02:52 PM 1/15/2007, Gerard Olack wrote:
>HI Rick--
>
>The tubes look suspiciously like they took a Microcap glass pipette 
>tube, flared one end and sealed the other--but I've never had to 
>play with that.  (sorry no spares)
>
>good luck
>
>take care
>
>gerry
>
>Richard Doucett wrote:
>>Hi All,
>>
>>I'm in desperate need of a part for my CONFLO III.  It's part # 113 
>>2270 (glass tube with funnel).  Thermo's claiming at least two 
>>weeks before delivery.  Needless to say, my jaw dropped to the 
>>floor when I heard that.
>>
>>Is there anyone out there, preferably in the US or Canada, with 
>>this part?  It might be hidden in a spares kit for the CONFLO 
>>III.  I've put in my order at Thermo, but would prefer to get my 
>>Delta Advantage back up and running asap.  If you have the part and 
>>are willing to let go of it for a couple weeks, I'll gladly pay for 
>>shipping, and send you the replacement part as soon as it arrives 
>>from Bremen.  It's one of those parts that sits in a spares kit for 
>>years until needed, so letting go of it for a couple weeks 
>>shouldn't cause you too much distress.
>>
>>Hoping someone can help.
>>Cheers,
>>Rick
>>
>>
>>
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