Re: hardtop storage, etc

["Brian A.Tink" <batink@domain.elided>]

John

Greetings from canberra.

I currently have the front suspension out of the stag and am replacing the
lot.

I am using Monroe high performance gas filled shocks,  #25-0910  Cost =
$160 and King springs  KTFS-01.  Plus all new rubbers ect supplied from
several sources.  Top strut from greg Tungstall in Brisbane.

As for the clamps you do not need them until you get the strut out of the
car and need to pull the strut apart.  The 3 nuts in the engine compartment
and the 4 on the spider out the hub will allow the removal of the strut.

You can buy spring compreesors from places like autopro, repco etc.

keep staggering  brian

 At 06:18 PM 11/08/98 +0500, you wrote:
>Hello,
>I had a successful system that was just 4 tent ropes hanging from hooks in
>the ceiling of my carport. They had hooks on them that went into the back
>of the hardtop and around the locking pins at the front Made up a special
>hook so as not to damage the rubber seal. I would then gradually lift each
>corner clear of the car, with those adjustable tent-rope things. It stored
>the hardtop away, and I could take it off and put it on by myself.
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>By the way, I have to change the shocks & tyres on my car. Any suggestions?
>I was going to use Monroe shocks and do it myself. I've done it before
>using 3 furniture clamps to hold the springs. Made me nervous but it
>worked. Any better ideas? As for tyres I can get a good deal on 195x70s,
>which are about the same as 185x75s. Should be close enough to the original
>radius I think?
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>Regards,
>JoHn
>77 Tahiti blue auto with spokes in Sydney
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