[DeTomaso] Deck lid hinge pins

[Erik Anderson]

I pulled my engine/ZF this weekend and we decided to pull the hinge pins rather than the bolts.  It took about a dozen whacks with a hammer and punch to pop the pins.  (They weren't rusted or bent.)  When they go back in I am going to look at a safety wire / pin scenario ... just to be totally on the safe side.

That said, I assume that the deck lid shocks are not strong enough to hold the lid in place if the pins were to let go?  I would think that the chance of both pins falling out at the same time would be extremely small - so would one pin and both shocks be strong enough to hold things until you pulled over?

Thanks,
EA
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-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Tornblom
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 9:54 AM
To: Göran Malmberg
Cc: Thomas Tornblom; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Deck lid hinge pins

I have drilled my pins and use pins like these to lock them in place:

http://www.farming.se/Produktkatalog/storbild.asp?bid=569040009.jpg&prodNamn=Fj%E4derpinne

Göran Malmberg skrev:
> To gain the full advantage of  an easy removed lid it must be
> possible to to just click loose and lift off. To speak for myself
> I do a lot intake work and will be able to sit there with a 
> straight back and a good garage roof illumination effect.
> 
> The pins is a little hided and tricky to reach with hands and 
> tools, which makes me think nuts will not be te very best 
> solution. I was also thinking about an L-shaped pin, easy to hold 
> in its end while sliding it out. and the other end a hinger style L 
> end hanging down. Just to lift up and slide out. 
> 
> Ahhh, even a hood pin is an engineering challenge...I will put it in 
> any of my hoodpin engineering books.
> Goran
> 
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