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> Factory Tool P304 - do you want one?, Rear trunk hood spring lever
JeffBowlsby
post Jul 1 2006, 09:44 AM
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I recently researched all the factory 914 tools for my webpage (see link in my signature below), which now indexes every 914-specific tool I have located to date.

Mark Heard (914Sixer) kindly lent me his OEM Tool P304 rear trunk hood spring lever tool to document. This tool is no longer available to buy new and it works Great! We've all seen the Rube Goldberg alternatives using modified crescent wrenches and socket wrenches, and those things scare me. The length of the lever arm is too short making the work very hard and there is a good chance the spring will slip off. This spring is dangerous and there is nothing like the real tool.

The lever is almost 15 inches long made of 3/8" steel plate, with two precision machined notches. So I had it duplicated at a local fabricator for my own use and will make these available to others. They didnt charge me any more (its mostly labor) to make them out of 1/2 inch material, so the tool I had made is 30% stronger becasue of the extra thickness.

If you want one, paypal me $70. which includes the tool and US shipping at bowlsby@sbcglobal.net

I will get these made up and shipped right away.

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post Jul 1 2006, 02:24 PM
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i cut my hood springs a long time ago, otherwise, i'd be in the market for a tool ...
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post Jul 1 2006, 06:11 PM
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I thought Z was the tool?
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post Jul 1 2006, 07:47 PM
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To all who have used my "tool" on their hood springs...does this look familiar????
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post Jul 26 2006, 03:26 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon_bump.gif) I need 5 minimum orders to order these, right now I have one person interested. Any interest? Last call.

Email me at bowlsby at sbcglobal dot net
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post Jul 26 2006, 03:31 PM
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why dont you offer it for rental?
in fact....


why dont we have a club tool rental service where specialty tools can be made available?

the MB site I use does.
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post Jul 26 2006, 03:46 PM
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brer - i had that idea, and brought it past the admin folk, and it came to a concensus that it is too hard to keep track of the items...
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post Jul 26 2006, 04:15 PM
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that looks like a very useful tool... however I could only really see using it once...


maybe twice when I have to redo it cuz I didn't have the correct tools! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)



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post Jul 26 2006, 10:53 PM
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Brer, mine has been making the rounds, Olav has it now and when he is done you would be welcome to use it. And the wheel goes round.....
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post Jul 26 2006, 11:06 PM
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Or you can buy rear trunk shox for $40.00 and never have to use the TOOL, plus you will have money left over.
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post Jul 26 2006, 11:15 PM
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QUOTE(brer @ Jul 26 2006, 02:31 PM) *

why dont you offer it for rental?
in fact....


why dont we have a club tool rental service where specialty tools can be made available?

the MB site I use does.


We do - pretty much. I have tranny tools (dog teeth removal and alignment jig) if anyone needs them.

Excellent work getting these made up Jeff! Sadly - I don't have those springs anymore.... the turbo got in the way of them....
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post Jul 27 2006, 12:34 AM
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I need one to rent, perhaps a $50 deposit, and a $10 rental charge?
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post Jul 27 2006, 12:40 AM
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Doesn't that take all the fun out of changing springs? And Craig is right. No reason to put them back on. Use his Shox.
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post Jul 27 2006, 12:45 AM
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no offense the shox, suck. I have a hell of a time getting them in the correct location on the deck lid, I am only using one, and am tossing them once I get the factory ones back on. I bought a set of gas struts on ebay. So I have just had bad luck on the install on the lid, and the screw heads in the trunk lid gap between lid and rear fender looks crappy.
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post Jul 27 2006, 12:48 AM
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Hey stieve, when you get rid of them let me know, I will take them.
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post Jul 27 2006, 12:52 AM
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the brackets kinda twist I guess because there cheaply made. I may just go back to the machine shop I worked at in the 80's and make one. I am sure I could make a better engineered strut set up. The brackets used are of inferior quality in my opinon. Not sure who I bought them from on eBay.
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post Jul 27 2006, 12:55 AM
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Why is the tool notched at both ends, and why is there a hole in it?
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post Jul 27 2006, 01:20 AM
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QUOTE(boxstr @ Jul 26 2006, 10:06 PM) *

Or you can buy rear trunk shox for $40.00 and never have to use the TOOL, plus you will have money left over.
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Do you still have to cut the trunk seal to make it clear?
That was probably the main reason I didn't get them.
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post Jul 27 2006, 01:21 AM
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post Jul 27 2006, 07:27 AM
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The notch slips around the torsion spring. The lever is strategically bent for maximum travel, so each end does one side L or R, they are symmetrical, but one end will not do both sides. The hole is only to hang it on the wall...
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