VANAGON archives -- May 1998, week 3 (#300)

Date:         Tue, 19 May 1998 01:46:26 -0700
Reply-To:     Joseph Tu <joe@GREENCASTLE.DYN.ML.ORG>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Joseph Tu <joe@GREENCASTLE.DYN.ML.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Hatch strut problem
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I can vouch for these struts, have gotten a pair. They really work and
are really stronger. After installing them, it was nearly two times as
hard to shut the hatch. They are reallllly pressurized.

Joe

On Mon, 18 May 1998, The Bus Depot wrote:

> I have stronger-than-original German ones for $19.95 each.
>
> - Ron Salmon
>  The Bus Depot
>  http://www.busdepot.com
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > My new '87 Westfalia has sagging hatch syndrome and I wonder if the rear
> > structs have to be replaced or if there is any way to fix them.
> > I checked the archives and found some dated info on replacing them and so
> > also would like to know about decent mail order sources of this part.
>

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