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Re: Painting a car...


> I don't buy this. I suspect that the rear ends of the springs are in the wrong
> hole. There are several holes there and only one is right, and hooking up the
> front end of the spring when the rear is right is REALLY hard.
>

It's not actually a hole it goes in, but a notch at the back of the hinge plate.
This is a very common mistake.

A guy in our club came up with a neat trick for removing and replacing these
springs which involved a piece of copper water pipe (or any rigid pipe) and two
big washers that held the spring pre-tensioned for removal.  It worked on the
fact the spring is actually longer when down, and if held that length, just
drops off when the bonnet (hood) is lifted.  So do that when it's partly up, and
then you can replace it easily.  I suppose something similar with a couple of
rigid rods in a cross drilling might also work.

We replaced them on the Fastback by hooking a rope round and pulling hard with a
couple of people, while a third hooked the spring end on, then pulled out the
rope.  I did it single-handed once with a 6x pulley set and an anchor point on
another car.  Protect things against springs flying off though!

If your car is now that much heavier, it would have cost a lot to paint.  The
dry pigment etc is probably about $50 a pound (guess!), and all the rest of the
paint evaporates.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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