Luggage Lid Struts

[Guest]

Hi, All

My car has a droopy luggage lid - the struts need changed.

I did that on my 3.2, and it was a bugger of a job. However, looking at my 964, it seems to be harder beyond measure, because the fuel tank is in the way.

Is there any way to replace these struts without major work (such as removing the fuel tank to get at the lower mountings) or is this just one of those jobs from hell?

Alistair

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[Elliot Davies]

when you order the front ones it will be self explanatory as you will see the clip affair and how to fit it
but basically.............

To remove the old front ones put a flat bladed screwdriver into/behind the front dampers locking clip to spread the lock and release the ball from the socket, whilst holding the screwdriver up against the damper tap the damper outwards with your palm,

and if the rear dampers for the boot lid are shot..........around £10 ea and easy to fit, i suggest you remove the blower motor (left of the engine bay) if fitting them as the little bottom circlip will ping off and disappear into oblivion somewhere below, mine did !.
If you order some make sure you get the turbo/non turbo ones otherwise you will need a new jaw replacement when it smacks you at 100 psi

dampers are available from GSF or ECP, rear circlips from OPC only []

 

[Guest]

Hi, Elliot

Thanks for that. I have done the engine lit struts on my 964 (without removing the fan - ouch!) and the fronts on a 3.2. For the 964, what I cannot see is how to reach the lower mounting lugs for the front struts in order to get in the pivot pin and slip on locking clip. There seems to be so much fuel tank, fuel pipe, air-con pipe and so on in the way. The flat tank on the 3.2 allowed comparatively free access, and that was not an easy job. The upright tank of the 964 looks to make this a much harder job. Also, I think that if I drop the clip, it is gone forever.

Did you actually do this job on a 964, rather than on an earlier car, and if so, did you need to remove much of the surrounding bits?

Thanks
Alistair

 

[Elliot Davies]

Yes i did this job myself on my old 964 both the front and back struts and removed nothing from the front, only the blower at the back left.
The C2 i had didnt have aircon but i dont think that should make much difference to how the job is done although i could be totally wrong.
The top circlip attchd to the bonnet via pin and clip but the bottom locking clip is almost fixed onto the damper and therefore only needs levering the clip out slightly (screwdriver prized into clip and held to the damper side till fitted then removed) to allow easier fitting to the ball on the car body (then remove screwdriver)
As i said when you buy the new ones you will see exactly what i mean
Im assuming that your car was the smae as mine, there is no pin on the bottom connection, its a ball/socket affair, only the top was pin and clip
You have already done the hard ones eg. the rears without removing the blower, do you have any nuckles left []

 

[Keith Calder]

guess i got turbo ones from porscheshop as my engine lid nearly goes through the back window when i open it now..i rang them back and they said they had never had that problem before, although they will probably last forever....

 

[Guest]

Elliot

Many thanks - that is just what I needhttp://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/micons/m11.gif to know! It seems that the struts used on the 964 are quite different from those on the 3.2, in which the lower clip and pivot pin are separate components that need to be manipulated into position - just like those on the rear.

I had gashes up me left arm after doing the rears.

Keith

I was assured by Porsche that there is only one type of strut available for the rear. They certainly to give the engine lit a bit of a lift! This reslted in a rather amusing incident when I popped the lid at the request of a mechnic, who was leaning over it at the time.[]

Alistair