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Old Sep 29th, 2020, 13:21   #1793
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Originally Posted by Laird Scooby View Post
Looks good Alan - do my eyes decieve me or is there a convenient hole in the hinge arm just above where the ram connects? Thinking maybe you could hook the bungees through that and then bring the loop back to the spring if so?

I suspect you're right about the spoiler being the fly in the ointment in terms of the strength of the rams/struts, intereseting there's a convenient point to mount that extension spring, perhaps how it was done on older models?
There is indeed a convenient hole in the arm Dave, unfortunately it is a little too small to pass both bungee hooks through and there is not enough metal around it to drill it out a bit bigger. I may look around for a shorter, stiffer bungee so it would only need one hook each end.

I suspect the convenient bracket at the other end is for a strap to secure the spare wheel, but I don't know where the other end goes.

Good fortune,

Alan

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