pop on the passengers side behind

[JeffreyZentner at colfaxnet.com]

Thanks for the reply. When I look at my spring it does not look broken, the loop
on the unattached end is still there. What does the other end of the spring
attach to?


  Jeff Zentner
  87 5KTq
  Alta Ca

Quoting Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com>:

> This is a fairly common and well documented problem. I replaced my
> spring eventually on the V8, but for the time being I just stuck a
> piece of foam into the flap to hold it closed. Pull the wipers, then
> raintray. Then, stick some hard foam into the flap to hold it all the
> way open.
> 
> Or, get the spring (I bought mine on ebay, but I'm sure there are
> other sources for them) and replace it. It's not super hard, but not
> real easy, either. It helps to have someone on the outside of the car
> holding the door for you, to ease the fight against the door chile
> trying to hook the spring.
> 
> Tony
> 
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 11:41 PM,  <JeffreyZentner at colfaxnet.com> wrote:
> > Hi all
> > My daily driver is a 87 5K TQ.
> > This evening on the way home I heard something pop on the passengers side
> behind
> > the glove box. I removed the glove box and found an open door that I think
> might
> > be the bypass air flap. The spring is still attached to the door but not on
> the
> > other end. The spring is not broken. I can not tell where the other end
> was
> > attached. I looked in my Bentley manual and I see a spring that looks like
> it
> > is attached to the bottom but I looked in the car and it looks like it was
> > attached to the vacume motor. Does anyone know where the other end of the
> > spring was attached? Cold air was comming into the car can I just close
> the
> > door preminly? any idias how to do that?
> >
> >  Jeff Zentner
> >  87 5KTq
> >  Alta Ca
>