Out comes the cutting wheel. Soft aluminum was no match



[notice the dimples? More on those later]

once again I turned to my sanding sponge to take down any burrs



using a flat piece of marble, I was able to confirm the level of my cut. It’s clean.



now the tricky part. The putz or end piece needs further dismantling.

using a dremel, I make two incisions lengthwise being careful to only cut aluminum and not dig into the plastic that holds the leather plunger.

I see dimples where the aluminum has been punched to hold the plastic part in. I mark the now shortened plunger rod on 4 sides where I’ll punch it again.

with a screwdriver, I carefully free the plastic plunger tip from the cut-off rod end.

I insert it into the newly shortened rod and punch it on 4 sides. It holds steady. I bring the spring back up and screw it into place.

plunger shortened!!

screw the rod back into the tube and the whole pump fits onto her frame nicely.


Success