To the wife:
A safety feature was used on the '57 and '58 Chrysler products, a person
locked in the trunk can reach around through an inspection hole and easily
open the latch from the inside, whether or not the trunk is locked.
Have him demonstrate by showing you where the latch is located, and put him
in the trunk first to make sure it works properly.
Oh, and leave him some food and water in case the latch doesn't function and
you can't find the keys...
--Roger van Hoy, Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '56 Plymouth, '66
Plymouth, '41 Dodge
----- Original Message -----
From: "eastern sierra Adj Services" <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Deck Erection.....in ALL positions
Hey, Ron: "BENDING" a spring-steel torsion bar????
There IS a 57 Dodge Technical Service Bulletin (D-17-A, of 3/15/57) on
this subject ; which is a pisser, as my car was BUILT on 3/28, so, it
would have been nice if the factory woulda begun FIXING the limp decks,
by that time, of issuing that TSB!
Actually, D-17-A refers to prior TSB D-17, of 11/26/56 (so, the
heartbreak of Limp Deck Syndrome WAS encountered, early-on, in the 57
MY!
D-17 talks about what Roger VanHoy referred to, but does NOT discuss any
lubrication of the
"deck lid hinge torsion bar retainer cup" , but, rather, the possibility
that the WELD, of the
DLHTBRC, to the hinge, may have "broken loose and allowed the cup to
turn,( if-so:) it is impossible to adjust the torsion bar for proper
action".
The TSB tells the dealership's Service Department to remove "the
hinge... [which one? both of them, individually?]...and check the weld
on the back of the hinge"---if the weld is broken, reposition the cup &
re-weld the cup in place.
I've exmined the appearance of the DLHTBRC, and it LOOKS ok----but, I'm
thinking that I should put the wife in the trunk, with a flashlight
(more room in there, for her, you see) and have her check-out the
operation/movement of the
DLHTBRC, to see if it/they look(s) their moving, when the trunk is
closed/moved.
Getting back to Ron's reference, it would appear that the re-welding of
the DLHTBRC might not have been the be-all /cure-all, universal-fix, as
TSB D-17-A would have the Service Department , now : " ...it is
suggested that the end of the torsion bar, which fits into the hinge
retainer cup, be "reformed" [ OH YEAH?--HOW; in a vise?; it's
spring-steel, right? certainly not with "heat"??? ] .... about 3/8"
increased-bend, at its tip-end. This will tend to draw the hinge arm in
when raising or lowering the deck lid."
When I installed the NOS bars, I didn't think, to try to bend their
ends, inward--I had just thought that the Liump Deck Syndrome was due to
a material failure of the T/ bars metalugy
and that the NOS bars should have fixed the deficiency.
II should still have Horrie's OEM bars, in my shed----I'm thinking that,
after Knormie gets out of the trunk , after checking the operation of
the DLHTBRC (what a girl!) , that I might try to have a metal-shop try
to "reform" the ends of the OEM bars, and then, paint them & RE-install
them!!!
---Oh, Norma, Honnneyyy......
Neil Vedder.
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