[s-cars] Trunk has turned into das Guillotine

[Tom Green]

Randy,

There is no fix for the gas charged struts.  Just replace them.  The  
cold weather exposes the weak
struts and they commonly fail after 10 to 20 years.  :-)  Just be  
happy its not an avant tailgate whacking
your back. :-)

If you don't have a good local supply and Mark's suggestion to get a  
used A6 strut is a valid one,
then I think aftermarket is ok for this non-critical part.  I suggest  
<www.autohausaz.com> for a good
price, but I recommend calling them since I have heard some  
complaints about their Canada delivery
policy.  Their US customer service and delivery have been excellent.

Mark,  That is a real astute guess for a Canuck :-) -- it's cold in  
Saskatchewan in July, although I have
heard that the Northwest Territories have suspended truck deliveries  
to the mines on the ice road
because of warm weather, so cold is a relative description.

Tom
>
>  Randy Lewis <lewisconsulting at sasktel.net> wrote:
>
> Either one or both of my trunk struts have recently become very  
> weak and I now have a trunk that is
> a deadly weapon... my question... is there a fix other than a  
> replacement and is there other than
> das uber priced genuine stealer replacement available?   I would be  
> tempted to leave it, but my
> trunk is my laptop storage department when parking, so I am in it  
> all the time.

>
> Mark Strangways <StrangConst at rogers.com> offers:
>
> Let me guess, it's cold as a ******* there ? I lost one of my  
> struts on a
> REAL cold day several winters ago.
> I replaced it with one from a wreckers car. Been fine so far, I  
> don't think
> these are a common failure item.
>
> Part number 4A5827552
> is used on the 92 100's thru the 98 A6Q/S6Q