I have an old one I bought in the 60s. I need a new gasket
and safety fuse. Have never had trouble replacing these
parts til now. Hardware store tells me the part numbers are
no longer available but can sell me a substitute. Have any
of you run into this problem? If so, will they perform as
well as the originals?

I thought about replacing the cooker with a new one, but the
quality of those made today just isnt there. Anne

Anne Duhon wrote:
>
> I have an old one I bought in the 60s. I need a new gasket
> and safety fuse. Have never had trouble replacing these
> parts til now. Hardware store tells me the part numbers
> are no longer available but can sell me a substitute. Have
> any of you run into this problem? If so, will they perform
> as well as the originals?

Broaden your search. Goggle gave me this in about 10
seconds: http://www.goodmans.net/get_dept_588.htm

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 00:12:12 -0400, anneduhon@webtv.net (Anne Duhon) wrote:

>I have an old one I bought in the 60s. I need a new gasket
>and safety fuse. Have never had trouble replacing these
>parts til now. Hardware store tells me the part numbers are
>no longer available but can sell me a substitute. Have any
>of you run into this problem? If so, will they perform as
>well as the originals?
>
>I thought about replacing the cooker with a new one, but
>the quality of those made today just isnt there. Anne

You might want to consider buying a new pressure cooker.
Older cookers simply don't have the same quality of safety
features you find in newer ones. Many of them also use
less water and are much quieter.

I recently bought a Kuhn Rikon 5 quart and I'm very pleased
with how much better it is than the one I bought just seven
years ago.

--
Siobhan Perricone "This isn't right. This isn't even wrong."
- Wolfgang Pauli, on a paper submitted by a physicist
colleague

In article <8396-40CA829C-40@storefull-3218.bay.webtv.net>, anneduhon@webtv.net (Anne Duhon) wrote:
>I have an old one I bought in the 60s. I need a new gasket
>and safety fuse. Have never had trouble replacing these
>parts til now. Hardware store tells me the part numbers are
>no longer available but can sell me a substitute. Have any
>of you run into this problem? If so, will they perform as
>well as the originals?
>
>I thought about replacing the cooker with a new one, but
>the quality of those made today just isnt there. Anne
>

Good place for info on pressure cookers

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PressureCookerRecipes/

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anneduhon@webtv.net (Anne Duhon) wrote in message news:<8396-40CA829C-40@storefull-3218.bay.webtv.net>...
> I thought about replacing the cooker with a new one, but
> the quality of those made today just isnt there. Anne

Dear, you need to get out more! Mirro is very low end. Have
you seen the new 2nd generation pressure cookers, they are
so far above the one you're using that there's no
comparison. Look at these features:
http://missvickie.com/library/2ndgenerationvalves.html