My struts! oh god!! the horror...

[timjmcconnell at gmail.com (Timbo)]

I ended up getting some very nice rust-free housings from Peter -
drove to Delaware. My first time on I-95. FUN!!! That road is huge -
but it was still jammed with cars.

--Timbo

On 5/9/06, C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote:
> You want my old ones? They have that cool rust and heat welded thread on
> the top, that's not a problem, is it ;P  Yeah, I feel your pain, what a
> pain in the ass if they don't come apart....
>
> Cathy
>
> On 8:13:00 am 05/09/06 Timbo <timjmcconnell@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Got my parts from Germanautoparts. New Boge Turbo Gas (which are
> > aparantly called Sachs Super Touring now that Boge is Sachs) inserts.
> > These are the ones for the german struts. Fine - I have a rocco.
> >
> > Yeah - I took my struts out, took em all apart with no problems. Then
> > it came time to remove the old inserts from the lower housings.
> >
> > "Made in USA" .... WTF?? these are from a rabbit? what's going on
> > here. Why is the housing so different? The top nut thingy that holds
> > the insert in threads on the inside instead of the outside. so no
> > cutting or any of that for me. I went over to Mr. Shisler's place -
> > and we tried and tried to get them off with the world's larges vise,
> > and some pipe wrenches. We actually got one of the caps off - only to
> > find WATER instead of oil on there. We tried to pull it out, we tried
> > fire even. Lots of fire. didn't work. Massive failure..
> >
> > So. those are abandoned. Now I have to find some strut housings.
> >
> > Anybody near me in PA have some strut housings or struts I could get
> > off of ya? I'm going to try to find a salvage yard tomorow, and see if
> > I find a cabbie or something.
> >
> > --Timbo
> >
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Timbo!
Location: Glenside, PA!
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