Does anyone have one of those fancy and expensive gas struts on their rear door. Picked up a new Galvanised door but the old stay doesn’t fit. All the bits seem to be available on eBay and I was wondering if it is possible to make up the kit. Just need to know the size of the strut. Both length and power (Nm) would be useful.
tottot
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Fitted one on my series 3. Just picked a strut up at the local tractor spares place as they are commonly used to hold tractor doors open. They come in different lengths for different makes. I had one that was about two foot long when open and fixed it out of the way at the top of the door.
That looks like a good job. Is there anyway you could measure the length of the rod and gas tube separately. Even roughly would be great.
There is a tractor supplies not far from me. Thanks for the ideas.
JimS
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No worries will let you know later
JimS
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I think it was a Nakatanga kit although I did mess about with it a bit getting it 'right'
Since then no problems
I'm getting it prepped for MOT tomorrow so will look at the strut
FYI on the instructions it shows a PN
TYP16-2
