Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 13:16:16 +0000 (UTC) From: "Dave" <david.crabbnopsamternet.com> Subject: Re: Small problem with convertible - anyone got any ideas please?
Thanks Mike. Unless someone can assure me that it's a simple, inexpensive job I guess I'll ignore it as it doesn't really make any difference to the way the hood works. Dave "MJK" <mkarinnopsamhlink.net> wrote in message news:e4F_a.3949$Nf3.3591nopsamread4.news.pas.earthlink.net... > Common Problem. It's happened to my 97 900SE Convertable twice. My neighbor > has a 96 and it's happened to his too. > > When it happens, the spring just seems to disappear. The first time it > happened, the car was under warranty and the dealer just replaced the part. > I'm out of warranty now. My wife drives the car and she hasn't complained so > I'm just leaving it. > > Mike > > "Dave" <david.crabbnopsamternet.com> wrote in message > news:bhdcim$lsh$1nopsamn.btinternet.com... > > I have a 1998 900 convertible and the small plastic cover which fills the > > slot left by the hood frame has stopped popping up on the drivers side (I > > probably didn't explain that very well) > > When the hood folds down it leaves a slot in the rear cover adjacent to > the > > rear seat squab and a small plastic cover pops up to fill it in. On the > > drivers side this no longer happens. I can manually pull it up and it > stays > > put but the spring that makes it pop up automatically seems to have > > vanished. Does anyone know if this can be accessed without stripping out > the > > back seat or the hood bag in the trunk? > > Also is this a common fault - eg am I likely to need to need new bits or > > does the spring just come off sometimes and just need reconnecting? > > Any help would be appreciated as I don't want to spend hours stripping > bits > > out only for someone to say "you didn't wanna do that.....you shoulda done > > THIS..... > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > >