Please reply to Chris, not me!

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Radcliffe [mailto:chrisr@slip.net]
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 12:59 AM
To: Vanagon Mailing List
Subject: Bad Struts from JC Whitney (Was: rear hatch STRUTS on '90 Westy
stopped working)

Listers,

Well I'll sure take the Bus Boys struts over these...

Last weekend I opened my rear hatch for maybe the third time since replacing
the struts from JC Whitney.  Ordered online, $50 delivered to my door, about
7 weeks ago.  I recall I received a link to them from our list...

Yep, they are now gasless.

I'll be calling them soon, and will update you with the result.  I'm not
optimistic.  In the meantime, I recommend going with an alternate...

Chris Radcliffe
'90 Westy Auto 'Blue Whale'

On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, K. Taylor wrote:

> The back hatch struts on my '90 Westy stopped holding the hatch up
> yesterday.  It seems like they went from 'working 100%' to not working at
> all in one step.  Is this characteristic of struts that have stopped
> working?  Is there any adjustment fixes, or do they simply need to be
> replaced?
>