I have a firm love for eye covers. A brake spring and a plyers got me...
Onely the plyer did but I had several bad moments thinking the hook of
the spring was stuck in my eye..
chuck
Jarrid Gross wrote:
>
> Mark,
>
> Ive been there...
>
> I had to lay down in the trunk with the rear top cover open
> to get a reasonable handle on puting in the springs.
>
> Also if you are familiar with how to install springs on rear
> drum brakes and the tool that is used, this strategy will also
> work on the trunk sprigs using a long screwdriver or a prybar.
>
> If you do get in the trunk to install those springs, do wear
> eye protection.
> Trust me here.
>
> Jarrid Gross
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alpines@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-alpines@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Mark Burkley
> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 10:12 AM
> To: alpines@autox.team.net
> Subject: trunk springs
>
> Hey all-
>
> What's the trick for putting those un-godly powerful springs back into the
> trunk hinge mechanisms? I tried just doing it by hand and had to laugh. No
> amount of spinach helped and taking a loop of webbing around me for leverage
> still looked like a struggle. Any tips would be much appreciated before I
> damage myself.
>
> Mark B
> '67 SV
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