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On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 21:26, Peter Legault wrote: > > My hood slumps down after I open it all the way. Is this normal? > > Or should it stay as high as you open it? I have hit my head a few > > times after it lowers on me > > My square does the same thing. My springs are on the strongest setting I > imagine this is due to fatigue. My short term solution was to attach two > good quality rubber bungee cords to the rear of the springs and I stretched > them to someplace up by the front I can't remember were but it will be > apparent. This does keep the hood ( bonnet) up all the way. > Cheers > Is the back of the spring connected in the far rear notch in the hood hinge. If it is in one of the holes, it is wrong. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org