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1937 Trunk hinge Springs?


John_Mc

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Guys, I've been doing som digging into my own hinges and it appears there are no springs in the conventional way of thinking. It is a ratchet in which two small spring steel pieces lock the hinge and then by further lifting the decklid, another ratchet releases the lid. Quite ingenius I believe. The reason mine was not working, and maybe never did was that the spring steel was out of allignment with the ratchet mechenism. I'm not done yet but I think I can repair this thing myself. I'll let you know how it goes.

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The problem has been solved and my decklid operates exactly as intended. The ratchet mechanism simply needed to be freed up and the small spring steel needed to be adjusted. Life is good! :o

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