quattro digest, Vol 1 #4621 - 10 msgs

[Larry C Leung]

> From: <duandcc_forums at cox.net>
> To: Jim Bonnet <jimbo at sysdump.com>
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Re: CGT Trunk release
> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 11:47:10 -0500
>
> This list is just F'in brilliant! Yup, all I had to do was jam a
> screwdrive=
> r in the slot to hold it to the open position and I was in. The
> struts were=
>  "new" only to me, they were used, bought off a fellow lister. He
> said they=
>  worked fine on his CGT and they sure look to be near perfect. They
> seem st=
> rong enough to pop it only about 1/2 of the time. They seem to hold
> the lid=
>  up OK and they were HARD to compress by hand. Oh, I have the
> housing at th=
> e bottom and shaft at the top (connected to lid). Is that correct?
> Any thou=
> ghts?
>

Buy new generic struts. BTW, I tend to position the struts such that
any runoff that would flow down the strut flows from Cylinder to shaft
(i.e. so that there would be less chance of water flowing into the
strut).
In that way, if it rains then freezes, you stand LESS of a chance of the
strut freezing shut. And water in the strut in general just doesn't sound

like a good idea.

HTH,

LL - NY

BTW - generic struts are cheap and availible in any FLAPS.