Re: [T3] rear hinge, for '67 square back.

["Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>]

This webpage could help - you can see the sort of tool to use and how to do it.
http://www.hallvw.clara.net/technical/tailgate.htm

Dave. 
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "fess" <fess-vwtype3.org@fess.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] rear hinge, for '67 square back.


> > The important thing to understand is that those torsion bars are 
> > really strong
> > and you can lose a finger or 3 in the blink of an eye if you have a 
> > careless
> > moment. You have to be really prepared, and you will need to fashion 
> > some kind
> > of special tool to pry things. A large screwdriver is not sufficient. 
> > You need
> > something with a kind of hook on the end so that the torsion bar can't 
> > slip
> > away from you.
> 
> sounds pretty scary.
> 
> Am I mistaken, or is there no removal procedure in the bently for this?
> it shows how to remove the "rear hood hinge"  but that looks to be on a
> fastback, and looks very different from a square.   Then it shows
> how to remove the "rear luggage lid"  which is a square, but doesn't
> show how to remove the hinge parts.
> 
> Given the risk of fingers I would really like to get a good 
> understanding
> of this procedure before I attempt it.
> 
> --fess

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