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Yup. I contacted the seller about the picture of the bag of assemblies, and he ignored my question; he just repeated that he was only selling one.
Needless to say, I did not bid!
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Say you already have a 41CV or CX that is nice except for the battery contact assembly.
Sure, you might be able to find a "clean working 41C" for less but what would you do? You already have the 41CV with bad contact. Would you rather buy a 41C and ruin it to get an assembly for the 41CV or spend a few dollars more for a replacement contact assembly?
The contact assembly is the hardest part to replace on an HP-41. About the only place you can get them are from 41s that are completely destroyed. Otherwise, you can restore the 41 itself.
Yes, all parts are equally hard to replace but the contact assembly is the one that is likely to be bad.
I think the prices are just about right for this part.
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You can occasionally find a for-parts '41C for sale. They seem to be bringing around $30-$50 though. I have purchased several of them... but they all wound up being repairable. The three main faults of "dead" 41 units: dirty pressure contacts, corroded battery assembly, cracked screw posts/bosses. Of the well over fifty HP41 units that I have repaired these accounted for all but two or three of the faults.
I have seen well over a dozen corroded up battery assemblies... and all but one could also be repaired with a little brass channel stock and mayby a jumper wire or two.
Forty five dollars does seem a bit excessive for them, but it IS probably your only way to get a shiny looking new one. Unless you just HAVE to have a new one, try repairing your old one first.