[V8] Fresh Air Flap: 90 V8 Quattro

[Tony and Lillie]

Nope, that's the right place. You are dead on, and it would appear that it 
was eaten through. I'd probably think about just adding a screw into there 
to hold the spring in place.

HTH,
Tony

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Subject: [V8] Fresh Air Flap: 90 V8 Quattro


> Even though I'm no mechanic, I followed the advice in the Archives and was 
> able to remove the plug (thanks to Dave Conner) and while I was at it, 
> removed the flap.  It was then quite easy to access things BUT to my 
> surprise, the spring is in excellent shape, just disconnected.  My problem 
> is: what do I connect it to?  It looks like there's a horizontally-ridged 
> bar with a vertical groove in the centre (or maybe there was two bars - 
> one left, one right).  The right-hand side was bent, and when I touched 
> it, it broke off entirely.  So now I have a short post on the left.  Did 
> the spring eat through the softer-metal bar?  Anyway I attached the spring 
> to the left side - it caught on the ridges, and worked fine for a couple 
> of days.  Then it slipped off.  Am I SOL or am I missing some simple thing 
> that any knowledgeable person would think obvious?
> (Les:)