hood struts upside down

[Kneale Brownson]

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At 09:16 PM 11/09/2001 -0500, Kent McLean wrote:

>I put new used hood (bonnet) struts on my 200 today.
>In looking at the before and after pictures I took,
>I noticed that I installed them upside down. That is,
>the cartridge is on the bottom and the rod is on top
>when the hood is raised. Does it make a difference?
>The hood opens and stays open just fine. If my dreams,
>maybe they were on wrong to begin with and I installed
>them correctly. :-)
>
>Kent McLean, "Bad Owner"
>'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy"
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