My experience with lift assist kit I helped install is that it will
stop the roof from hitting your noggin. i can't recall which grade of
struts used but it took a pull to get the roof right down.

alistair

On 4-Aug-10, at 6:16 PM, neil n wrote:

A power pop top? Yes!

Thanks.

Am still curious if anyone has been able to live with two non working
springs.

Concern: I install good cable for use now, then Jack Bombay assists.
If cable breaks when lowering the top, do I risk banging my head?
Thinking about it again, it seems likely not.

The other reason for asking, was that I was thinking to keep the good
cable for future reference. No point in taking stuff apart again to
pull it out.

Neil.

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Neil,
>
> EKTA shows a vanagon pop top with only gas shocks, no lifting bar,
> from that
> I am assuming t has been done.
>
> struts forward of jack bombay's set up, more like the early
> eurovan. Now of
> course, the T4 and T5 vans have a horizontal screw arrangement each
> side of
> van, and linkage to roof... power up and down...
>
> nice idea eh?
>
> alistair
>
> On 4-Aug-10, at 3:30 PM, neil n wrote:
>
> Kinda subjective based upon ones height etc. I guess. I'm 6' 2" and of
> average strength.
>
> Anyone "made do" with 2 non functioning spring assists?
>
> Just planning ahead for future install of lift assist kit.
>
>
> Neil.
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
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> gas-engines
>
>

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