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Re: Hood Prop

To: "David A Templeton" <davidt@opentext.com>
Subject: Re: Hood Prop
From: Dave Chu <dave@ece.concordia.ca>
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 15:54:20 -0400


In message <045e01bfa0c7$fe02b6b0$dc0515ac@opentext.com>you write:
>I think Dave Chu has the right location, at least from his picture.  Is this
>location available on the left side as well?  I don't know right now, I will
>have to check tonight.
>
>Hey Dave, since you have dimensions what is the maximum length of the shock?
>What is the compressed length?  I am sure with 2 shocks it could lift the
>bonnet.  I know for a fact that my bonnet doesn't weight as much as my
>Safari's hatch back and it only uses 2 shocks.

  I have them on both side of the car, and they were not enought to hold
  the bonnet up.  As to the measurments, I will have to get it off the car
  tonight.  I think struts from a minivan would be a better candidate, since
  the Civic hatch doesn't weight that much.  

Dave                                                  |\ |     | |      
Dave Chu                                 \/  \/       | /|     | |  
Dept. of Elec. & Comp. Eng.                           |/ |     | |      
Concordia University              Voice:(514)848-3115   Fax:(514)848-2802 
1455 de Maisonneuve W. H961       Email:dave@ece.concordia.ca
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