[s-cars] Tailgate strut installed

[Thomas R Green]

I was more interested in how easy it went down.  I put the Meisersatz  
struts on mine
and they are too stiff.  You gotta get a good grip on the gate to pull  
it down and it
makes this annoying squeal much of the time.  These were the cheapos  
from one
of the usual online suppliers.

I think it was Wheelman Levitt that educated the list on the two  
struts for the avant
because he had a low ceiling and could not use the normal high lift  
cylinder.

Tom

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> Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 13:01:27 -0600
> From: bill mahoney <airbil at gmail.com>
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> Okay then, so I just installed the $48, ethiopian, tasmanian tailgate
> struts.
> 10 minutes.
> No issues.  Appear to work great (so far).
> Here's how they opened the tailgate ... via their own push, with no  
> help
> from me.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A_4BcIzYeM
> I lubed them with this
> http://www.silchem.com/ss2000_IntroPage.htm
> Lift pretty fine to me.
> Now how do I get them now not so secret flaps to stay closed?
> ~No work day Bill M~