CGT Trunk release

[duandcc_forums at cox.net]

OK, I think I fixed it. I now agree that the struts are not supposed to "pop" the trunk. Even the old wrong strut didn't really pop the trunk to my eye, I was just using the words of another lister who was trying to help me out. It turns our, as a prue coincidence, that the striker plate (or whatever you want to call the part the latch locks onto) on the tunk lid had 1 of the 2 screws loose. So, when you'd unlatch it, it would reamin locked. A quick adjustment and tightening of the screw and all is good. I hate it when the simple stuff kicks my rear...

Dave
1987 CGT Special Build
SE Virginia
>
> From: Scott Fisher <sfisher71 at yahoo.com>
> Date: 2003/02/18 Tue PM 12:41:15 EST
> To: duandcc_forums at cox.net,  audi at humanspeakers.com,
>   Jim Bonnet <jimbo at sysdump.com>
> CC: duandcc_forums at cox.net,  quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Re: CGT Trunk release
>
>
> --- duandcc_forums at cox.net wrote:
> >  It acts
> > like the struts don't have enough oomph to pop it,
> > but I've been told the lock just releases and really
> > doesn't pop the lid up. So, what's the deal? Any
> > thoughts?
>
> The deal is as Huw says -- the struts do NOTHING to
> assist with opening the trunk.  If your lid USED to
> pop with the old struts, that was because they were
> the wrong struts.  Come to think of it, neither of my
> Audi trunks pop when I release them (although all of
> my other cars do).
>
> The correct functioning of a CGT trunk lid:
>
> 1.  Open driver's door.
> 2.  Pull lever in door jamb.
> 3.  Walk back to trunk and lift lid.
>
> During step 2, the only indication your trunk has
> opened is that you should hear a metallic clunk from
> inside the car.  There is NO visible sign that the
> trunk lid is open.  I have stood behind my CGT's trunk
> many times while another family member performs Step
> 2, and never have I seen the lid move -- I can HEAR
> the latch release, but it doesn't pop upward.
>
> Note that these three steps are identical in CGTs with
> good struts, failed OEM struts, or struts physically
> absent from the car (mine has been tested in all three
> conditions).  All the struts do is help keep the lid
> raised after Step 3.
>
> I replaced my struts because our CGT was the family
> car at the time, used for shopping and vacations, and
> the guillotine-like sound of the lid crashing shut
> made me fear for the safety of anyone or anything near
> it.  Putting in new struts kept the lid from falling,
> but made absolutely no change in the behavior on
> opening the trunk.
>
> I repeat: if your trunk used to pop, it was an
> accidental side-effect of having the wrong struts.
> It's not supposed to pop, it's not designed to pop,
> and if it's not popping now, that's because it's
> working correctly. :-)
>
> --Scott Fisher
>   Tualatin, Oregon
>   '83 CGT with functioning trunk lid struts
>
>
>
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