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I have a friend's X31 which is missing just the cap on the left arrow button, the rest of the assembly is present. If know these are available on eBay but I don't want to pay $5 for a tiny piece of plastic and parts I won't be able to use. So I figured I'd try here first. No need to send this through post office, it's small and thin enough to just drop in an envelope and send. Let me know your price with shipping to MA, USA.

Does a T20/21/22/23 cap fit? And if so, do you need Made in China or Made in Thailand?
I have both.

I don't think they'll work. I tried T4x caps and they have a different mechanism.

Take a working cap off (best bet: the X31 Right Arrow), measure it, put a photo up of front and back (and say which side is UP), then we'll see.

RealBlackStuff wrote:Does a T20/21/22/23 cap fit? And if so, do you need Made in China or Made in Thailand?
I have both.

Actually, looks like I was incorrect. Since you got me thinking, I have an extra T23 keyboard and the cap from there snapped right on. So T23 caps do fit.

So maybe I should start up a keyboard compatibility web site with something like this to begin (I'll have to add the underside of the key to the photos):

http://www.kawakami-ca.com/ibm_t2x/keys/fru_02k4970.jpg
http://www.kawakami-ca.com/ibm_t2x/keys/fru_02k5729.jpg

ref: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 77#p505277

Good idea. Perhaps also tell in the photo description which version is Thai/Chinese etc.