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On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 15:17, Dave Hall wrote: > > 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. > T-34 manual shows putting washers between the coils as you release Tension on the coils. Actually, VW has a "special tool" for this. A stack of shims. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~