[T3] how to install rear notch hood spring

[Jim Adney]

On 21 Jul 2012 at 7:07, Bobsnotch at aol.com wrote:


> In a message dated 7/20/2012 8:25:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> fisherfarms at gmail.com writes:
> 
> This  Factory bulletin for a variant is the same spring  design.
> http://home.clara.net/hallvw/technical/tailgate.htm
> 
> Mike, you really need to get something else to go with your Squarebacks.  
> ;-) The Notch rear trunk lid spring setup is completely different (as  is the 
> T-34), so Dave's link won't help much here. The Notch uses a slotted  plate 
> and coil spring arrangement to hold the rear trunk lid up, not torsion  
> bars like a Square or Fastback. :O And the T-34 uses a coil spring with hooks 
> on  both ends, and pulls down to hold it up. :O  

I'm afraid I made the same mistake. I assumed torsion springs like VW 
used everywhere else. I wonder why they changed....

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
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