[FC] Corvanatics Digest, Vol 132, Issue 2

[Dave Feasel]

Have you tried Tractor Supply? I go to farm and tractor supply houses for many of my "hardware" needs for the cars I do. You can also try an industrial supply house like Graingers.  You can also just rebuild one yourself, that's what I've done. May take a little longer then just forking out the big bucks for a piece of crap.  Dave Feasel 

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Today's Topics:

  1. Tailgate latch (Fred Adler)
  2. Re: Tailgate latch (Eric Kirven)
  3. Re: Tailgate latch (Ken Hand)


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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 18:42:34 +0000
From: Fred Adler <fadler at genbio.com>
To: "corvanatics at corvair.org" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Subject: [FC] Tailgate latch
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This is the return of the ever often 95 tailgate latch replacement.  I bought I nice new shiny one from a replica supplier near here and in less than a year, the circular spring broke AGAIN.  Does anyone out there have a crappy rusty one with the spring in tact that I can buy versus the high priced reproductions available but obviously BAD quality as far as the springs.  I can't seem to find the springs at any hardware stores or online.


Fred Adler

San Diego


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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 00:37:58 +0000 (UTC)
From: Eric Kirven <ultravan345 at yahoo.com>
To: Fred Adler <fadler at genbio.com>,     "corvanatics at corvair.org"
    <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Subject: Re: [FC] Tailgate latch
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Fred,
Did you contact the supplier? I think they would?want to know if?there is an issue with their parts.
Best Regards,Eric
 

      From: Fred Adler via Corvanatics <corvanatics at corvair.org>
 To: "corvanatics at corvair.org" <corvanatics at corvair.org> 
 Sent: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 10:42 AM
 Subject: [FC] Tailgate latch
  
This is the return of the ever often 95 tailgate latch replacement.? I bought I nice new shiny one from a replica supplier near here and in less than a year, the circular spring broke AGAIN.? Does anyone out there have a crappy rusty one with the spring in tact that I can buy versus the high priced reproductions available but obviously BAD quality as far as the springs.? I can't seem to find the springs at any hardware stores or online.


Fred Adler

San Diego
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 20:47:02 -0500
From: Ken Hand <vairmech at aol.com>
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Subject: Re: [FC] Tailgate latch
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Have you talked with the supplier about the broken spring? 

 

 

Ken Hand
Handy Car Care
248-613-8586
www.corvairmechanic.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Adler via Corvanatics <corvanatics at corvair.org>
To: corvanatics <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Tue, Jan 5, 2016 1:42 pm
Subject: [FC] Tailgate latch

This is the return of the ever often 95 tailgate latch replacement.  I bought I nice new shiny one from a replica supplier near here and in less than a year, the circular spring broke AGAIN.  Does anyone out there have a crappy rusty one with the spring in tact that I can buy versus the high priced reproductions available but obviously BAD quality as far as the springs.  I can't seem to find the springs at any hardware stores or online.


Fred Adler

San Diego
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