Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Hatch Prop

When I bought my 240z the gas shock for the hatch had broken off, rendering the strut useless... Well almost.

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Obviously not ideal. Having the strut banging around and scratching up my precious Datsun vinyl. So I decided to fix it.

These are the holes it left.

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I had my friend Chris drillpress the rivet points that broke, giving me a new set of holes to attach the bracket to the body.

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After Widening the holes a bit to fit a standard #8 machine screw, the bracket was attached.

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The hatch strut is now working and the hatch will stay open under it's own power.

Success!!!

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