On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Germain wrote: > It was a bit hard to hook the latch. It looks like the > tire is doing some compression on the different pipes above the tire. Sorry > not answering your question. I had a heck of a time with getting the spare back up in there, the first time I did it. It seems the trick is to have the spare fairly far forward on the pan, close to the latch end. If it's back towards the hinges the pan will stop one tantalizing inch from the hook every time, and you'll be heaving on it like crazy trying to get it closed that last bit. David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si |
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