Looking for arms for back gate??

[mamalou]

Hi All, the back gate of our L400 doesn't stay up does anyone know anything about replacement arms? ours stays up a bit if its warm out and the gas expands i guess? not at all when its cold which it is all the time now...

[tonydca]

Strut-wise in Surrey. Ex-pat Kiwi working out of his house, but don't be put-off; 2-day turnaround, mention you heard about him from the Delica forum, $140 for the pair, rebuilt better than new. Did mine about 2 weeks ago and they're great.

A word of warning; remove them with a friend who can hold the gate open (it is heavy!). Even partially fulled, the old struts still have lots of force in them.

Remove the top bolts *first* AND make sure that the door is fully opened when you remove the bottom one to take them off. Otherwise you do like I did and get a nice scratch all the way down the inside of the hatch when the strut suddenly springs open. I'm lucky it didn't punch thru the glass...

Tony.

[fexlboi]

I can second that.
http://www.strutwise.com did mine a while ago and they work great: http://dinoevo.de/2010/07/rebuilt_struts/

[mamalou]

Thanks Guys!