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From: "jdawg" <jdawg@e...>
Date: Wed May 14, 2003  7:54 pm
Subject: [ASC McLaren ] Re: Sandy's Coupe

Body:
they make a little clip, like that in a screen or storm door, that
clicks on to the strut rod and when you cock it sideways it holds
the hatch weidght. i think there only a few bucks.
jdawg



--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...>
wrote:
>

--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, Tom G <speedracer815@y...>
wrote:
> I use a sawed off (measured & cut) broom handle that I prop up
under
> there to hold it. Since she seldom see light of day, I really
don't
> wanna pop the $70.00 or so for new ones. 'Ya know there's always
> something else cobbling up money LIKE FREAKIN CAR INSURANCE!
House
> Insurance, Life Insurance, House Contents Insurance. Insurance
> against going borke paying insurance insurance!! (Guess what
came
> in MY mail today.... he he he
>
> S A N D Y
>
>
>
> > > Sadly, like all of these cars, the rear hatch will
> > > NOT stay up in the
> > > air, and I have changed the struts, employing Ford's
> > > Heavy Duty
> > > units. However the added weight of the large
> > > spoiler is just too
> > > much for the struts to handle.
> >
> > Sandy, my car had that problem too. I got new struts
> > at Autozone and they work great. They've been on
> > almost a year now and still hold the hatch up
> > reliably.
> >
> > Tom Gentry
> > Life is too short to get hit in the head with a hatch!
> >
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