Miata Mailing List: January 1997, Message #67
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Subject: Re: Moss trunk lid lift kit problem

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Gary Fischman wrote:

> 

> I've installed a Wiz kit on my friend Lester's Miata and a Brainstorm Kit

> on mine. Neither one is any problem whatsoever. Both open fully. Is it

> remotely possible that there was a mis-measurement on installation? (Gotta

> ask.)



Well...Rebecca Zook has since said the same thing about her Moss lift

strut so I don't think so (Thanks Rebecca!).  The instructions said to

remove the torsion bar connected to the driver's side trunklid hinge. 

This leaves the "hook" to which the bar was attached hanging freely by

its pivot.  Then you are supposed to swing the hook so that it is

aligned with the hinge arm and drill a hole in the hinge arm right

through the eye of the "hook".  This spot is not variable, and I do not

see more than one way to do this.  A ball post is mounted in the hole

and the strut snaps onto it.  The other end can only be mounted one way,

and is not adjustable.



Drilling a new hole farther back on the hinge arm (toward the front of

the car) would cause it to raise the lid farther, but I think that the

lid might not close, since the strut might then compress to its limit

before the lid is fully closed.  I will have to let someone close me up

in the trunk to see if I can feel whether the strut will compress

further to be sure.  Yeah right.



One more thing, the strut expands smoothly until it is about 80 percent

open, then it stutters a bit before finishing.  No big deal, but it kind

of spoils the "ahhhhhh" effect when I press my remote button.  I was

wondering if this might indicate a problem with the strut but I really

doubt it.  If I got the Brainstorm kit would I have to redrill the hole

in a different place?



Thanks again,



Ben Lawrence

And who said "length doesn't matter", anyway?