Help! Anyone Got A Spare...........

[CraigT]

....clip that holds the rod for the engine lid when the engine lid is closed?

Mines snapped off and now I have to remove the rod off the engine lid completely before I close it, and store it in the boot :(

Its such a small thing but its a pain now that its broken.

Anyone got a spare one they can post to me, or tell me where I can get a replacement.

I wanted to glue it back on but it had fallen off into the engine never to be seen again LOL

[Bibbs]

Got a gas strut instead ..

[CraigT]

Got a gas strut instead ..

Whats one of those?

[Fizz]

Got a gas strut instead ..

Whats one of those?

look in the for sale section.. there is a group buy soon..

[Bibbs]

Whats one of those?

it's a strut that you bolt inplace and it 's like an automatic arm ..

[JappyBeast]

Same sorta thing that opens your boot on a hatch car.

[RowMR2turbo]

A replacement clip is available from Toyota and I think it's pretty inexpensive too. It's something that many MR2 owners break in the course of ownership although touch wood 3 MR2's and I've never broken one yet!

HTH

[CraigT]

Whats one of those? 

it's a strut that you bolt inplace and it 's like an automatic arm ..

How much is it going for M8?

Are they easy enough to fit?

[midmotorsteve]

go to mr2oc store gas struts are for sale there, actually theres alot of very good stuff in the store all very good prices too.

[Bibbs]

In the For Sale section .. of this very forum ..

[CraigT]

go to mr2oc store gas struts are for sale there, actually theres alot of very good stuff in the store all very good prices too.

Just had a look, damned cheap too!

Also quite liked the chrome dial surrounds. Very nice.

[mergli]

The clip can be bought from a Toyota dealer very cheaply, about a pound if I remember.

They offered to fit mine for me and when I said 'Why?" the salesman said something along the lines of 'I don't think it's a straightforward job but it shouldn't be more than half an hours labour' I laughed in his face and told him 'It's a little bit of plastic that pushes in to a little hole if I struggle I'll come back".

[BlueMR2]

Yep I did this too...bought one from Toyota was £1.50 I think...

[ricomr2]

Do the gas struts lift the lid as soon as you pull the release or do you

have to lift it by hand still?

[DeusMR2]

nah i think you have to lift them a little bit, but they do lift completly up by themselves before half way though. It would be cool if they were fully automatic!