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rear deck lid springs


Guest mprtjn

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  • 1 month later...

Weak trunk springs are not necessarily a curse. The downside to having strong springs is that they also push UP with heavy force while the lid is closed. On wooden cars, this can cause an upward deflection of the corners of the trunk!

The factory tried to resolve this issue by adding metal reinforcing straps at the corners. BUT, after 50+ years of pushing UP, the springs in some T&Cs have still managed to bow the corners of the trunk.

I've kept my weak springs and hold the lid in the up position by hand on the few occsions when I access the trunk, rather than risking deflection of the wood.

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