Re: hatch struts

[joe <jee@domain.elided>]

Yeah, I too purchased my GTV6 with a dead strut and stick included.  I soon 
tired of holding the hatch up while putting the stick in place, so I 
duct-taped one end of the stick to one corner of the hatch so when I opened 
it the stick would fall into place.  To close it, I just made sure the 
stick was tipped more than 45 degrees with my left hand when I closed the 
hatch--I could even close it one-handed.  But for whatever reason, after 
I'd driven the car for about 15 months I broke down and bought a used strut 
from APE for $25...


> Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 10:13:53 +1000
> From: Brett Daniels <Brett.Daniels@domain.elided>
> Subject: GTV6 hatch strut
>
> At 3:05 PM -0400 28/9/01, alfa-digest wrote:
>> Subject: daily service: GTV6 v 75
>>
>>
>> However, if the big problem for you was the trunk capacity of the GTV6,
>> you could remove the strut completely and replace it with a stout length
>> of broomstick that you could wedge into place when you need to hold the
>> hatch up, and rip out the hatch cover completely.  This would have the
>> side benefit of providing a health upper-body exercise machine
>> comparable to a $100 per month gym membership.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>  For me, a  big TWO thumbs up for the GTV6!
>>
>>
>> Add my thumbs.
>>
>>>
>>>  Bill Bean
>>>  84 GTV6
>>>
>> Charlie
>> LA, CA, USA
>> 84 GTV6
>> 91 Spider
>> bicycles
>
>
> And you say this in jest. I actually bought an Alfetta GT in which
> the strut had lost all its pressure and the owner included the stick
> (spade handle actually I recall) he used as a substitute. You're
> certainly correct about the hatch being a fair weight to hold up one
> handed as the other hand fished around for the stick.
>
> Brett Daniels
>
> 71 GTV

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