[T3] Hood Spring

[Mike Fisher]

This is for the rear hatch springs, but they are pretty similar to the
front springs.
http://home.clara.net/hallvw/technical/tailgate.htm


On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 1:16 PM, J. Jonik <j_jonik at yahoo.com> wrote:

> There haven't been any postings (that I recall) about how to un-do and
> re-attach the big springs that hold up the hood...and the usual books don't
> get to that.
>
> To repair rust damage in the trunk, just under one of those springs, I
> popped the spring hook off its notch with a heavy screwdriver.   It's good
> to maybe wrap the spring in a towel or something to make the snap less
> violent.   I didn't do that, but no trouble anyway.
>
> BUT...putting that high-tension spring back on was another story.  I've
> done it before many years ago, but I forgot how I did it.
>   Anyway, tricks with vice grips and pry bars didn't work...and the idea
> of using a come-along seemed doomed to fail.
>
>   What worked was------- about two feet or so of narrow (about 3/4")
> pipe...just wide enough to slip onto the notch (closest notch to front)
> with the pipe fitting nicely into the spring hook.   Then pull the pipe to
> leverage the hook onto its notch.  The hook didn't just neatly slide into
> place...it had to be tapped, with a hammer, down the pipe until it snapped
> into the notch.     Easy.
>
>  VW no doubt has a Special Tool for this.  What's it look like?
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