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**[http://makerblock.com/2010/02/how-to-unclog-your-extruder-barrel-and-nozzle/ MakerBlock - How to unclog your extruder barrel and nozzle]
**[http://makerblock.com/2010/02/how-to-unclog-your-extruder-barrel-and-nozzle/ MakerBlock - How to unclog your extruder barrel and nozzle]
*Extruder
*Extruder
**The extruder mechanism is now the MK5 plastruder, [http://wiki.makerbot.com/plastruder-mk5].  
**The extruder mechanism is now the [http://wiki.makerbot.com/plastruder-mk5 MK5 plastruder].  
**For unknown reasons, the heater resistors needed replacing. Replacements were obtained but were the wrong physical size (didn't fit the mounting hole spacing). The correct resistors are 5R, 10W, 1% and the mounting screws are M2 at the diagonally opposed corners of a rectangle 15.9 x 14.3mm.
**For unknown reasons, the heater resistors needed replacing. Replacements were obtained but were the wrong physical size (didn't fit the mounting hole spacing). The correct resistors are 5R, 10W, 1% and the mounting screws are M2 at the diagonally opposed corners of a rectangle 15.9 x 14.3mm.