ajr said:
John, just put together another prop rod. THe ones I've seen aren't much
more than a piece of bent bar stock with a flat-metal flange on the end to
attach to the liftgate prop mount.
The thing I like about them and the different design I have on my '58 is
that you can lock them in place with a bungie to take up the slack. This
way, you can drive with the gate up if need be (think large loads in
truck...). Can't do that with gas cylinders...
I reply,
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, the lid end of the prop rod
attaches to a steel plate riveted to the ally lid proper. The 'hinge' part
of that plate is awol...so it means re-fabbing the plate w/ hinge as well as
the rod. For as much work it seemed feasible to me to just stick in 2 gas
cylinders, retaining the good prop rod for locking-while-driving.
...and Trevor said:
Can do, if the cylinders are set up properly and strong enough. Be sure to
get struts with proper ball joint ends though or they will rattle if driven
in the open position.
...and I say,
Its the 'set up and strength' I was concerned about. How does one tell what
weight a gc will support (from p/n , catalog etc.), other than manually
testing it?
JT/ric
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