Re: Painting a car...

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 21 Aug 2005 at 21:17, Dave Hall wrote:

> > 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.

Okay, thanks. All I could remember at the moment was that there was an obvious 
way to put it back together, but the obvious way was wrong.

> 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.

Can you explain what this looks like a bit more, and how it's done. I 
understand that it just "catches and holds" the spring in a partially extended 
position. I just don't know what it looks like and how it's done. I assume you 
insert it somehow when the hood is mostly down, so you can still reach in 
there. Or do you find a small child from the neighborhood who will be willing 
to get in the trunk while you close it.

> We replaced them on the Fastback by hooking a rope round and pulling hard with a
> couple of people, 

BTDT. The rope broke. Scary,  should have had a better rope.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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