[DeTomaso] Deck lid wobbles

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

David, you're welcome.
You saw my solution with the new latch and I do have about every stiffening
component that can br attached. I do drive it with some spirit and no
additional chips, it's alsi important to adjust the corner stops to create
a solid tensioned closure. You might want to do those things first before
you drill holes in a perfectly good deck lid, IMHO.

Michael Shortt
On Sep 5, 2012 8:10 PM, "David D Fisher" <fisher95020 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm pretty convinced that the real solution is a chassis stiffener and an
> updated latch assembly and possibly still something additional like pins.
> My paint is starting to show cracks on the back pillars, so I expect I am
> driving it harder than the previous owner now that the brakes and
> suspension work.  Luckily I am discovering all of this on an old paint job.
>
>
> Thanks Mike for pointing to your site and the detailed how to's ... hard
> to believe I have lived this long without every discovering Nutserts!  I
> have to get some of those.
>
> I remember someone having a rather clever incarnation of the deck bumpers
> mounted sideways in the lid itself to hold it in place against the two
> fenders.  I kind of like that idea but cant find the reference to it.
>
> Gary,  your fix is way beyond my skill level, but thanks for the
> inspiration.
>
> David
>
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>    *From:* "MikeLDrew at aol.com" <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
> *To:* mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk; chrisvkimball at msn.com;
> will.kooiman at gmail.com; fisher95020 at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 5, 2012 3:21 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [DeTomaso] Deck lid wobbles
>
>
> In a message dated 9/5/12 13 17 15, mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk writes:
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> What's the root cause, maybe better to fix than hood pins etc.? I do
> believe
> that my deck lid doesn't touch the sides, stock latch, two screw bumpers,
> no
> more. Could your hinge pins be worn? Since the deck lid is metal and the
> hinges are pretty solid (not like the wobbly 4 piece front hood hinges on
> my
> 68 Camaro) it shouldn't touch the sides? Sorry if all this has been looked
> into, but in Lean-speak it's better to correct a problem than to compensate
> for it...
>
> Just my $0.02
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>
> >>>The root cause is chassis flex.  Your car has a stiffening kit, doesn't
> it?  The fact you have no decklid issues shows how effective that kit
> is....
>
> Mike
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