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Subject:=?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_Tom=E2=80=99s_=28Samba_sodo=29_license_plate_hatch_mod?=
From:David McNeely
Date:Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:14:00 -0700

I stick a screw driver between the door and the edge of the opening.

On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 8:07 AM Mark McCulley <mark@markmcculley.com> wrote:

> I've always used the oil fill cap to hold the door open.
>
> -Mark
>
> > On Jun 10, 2024, at 8:17 AM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> >
> > I missed the original posts.  But, I like the idea of a system for the
> door.
> >
> > I do like the springs though.  I will contemplate another solution.  Or
> what other ones are out there?
> >
> > A flip down bar like in a car hood?  A flip thing that goes between the
> door and body?  A hook for the bumper?
> >
> > Eric Caron
> >
> >
> >> On Jun 8, 2024, at 10:30 PM, Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I think that I will follow your lead.
> >>
> >> Karl.
> >>
> >> On Sat, Jun 8, 2024 at 9:16 PM Alistair Bell <
> ragnarhairybreeks@icloud.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Did what Tom  did. Cut the springs on that hatch. No more propping with
> >>> cap or magnet thing.
> >>>
> >>> https://shufti.blog/2024/06/08/vanagon-the-thm-toms-hatch-mod/
> >>>
> >>> Alistair
>

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