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Posted by: JamesBernard Mar 27 2007, 05:38 PM

I'm finishing up restoring my little green 914, but theres a problem with the rear trunk lid.
The left side sits higer than the right side. The right side fits nice and snug but the left(drivers) side is about half an inch too high.
How do you get them even?

Posted by: dr914@autoatlanta.com Mar 27 2007, 05:44 PM

replace the trunk hinge pivot bracket. It is broken.

Posted by: markb Mar 27 2007, 05:46 PM

Posted by: watsonrx13 Mar 27 2007, 07:04 PM

If it looks like this, then yes, the rear trunk hinge has broken from the side of the inner fender well...



-- Rob

Posted by: JamesBernard Mar 27 2007, 07:27 PM

yeeppp
haha thanks guys

man what would i do without this site
haha

Posted by: JamesBernard Mar 28 2007, 12:12 AM

how hard is it to find one of those?
how much are they normally?
Are they hard to replace? my 914 is all torn apart, now would probably be the right time to fix it

Posted by: Andyrew Mar 28 2007, 12:16 AM

Find one? 914 parts store have them... (AA has em.. just saw them..)
Hard to replace? Cut out the old one, weld in the new one..

Bout 25 for the part.. Know a welder?

Andrew

Posted by: martinef1963 Mar 28 2007, 05:02 AM

I have a similar problem w/ my front hood. The passenger side sits just a little higher in the front of the car.

I notice though that when I release tension on the spring it sits better, however, when I open the hood it doesn't really want to stay open, as well.

When I say I release tension on the spring I mean: driver side spring set on second notch, passenger side spring set on 1st notch.

Is this normal for a 30+ year old car?

thanks,

Nando

Posted by: bperry Mar 28 2007, 07:10 AM

You may want to look at yours to see if it is broken or torn or if
the welds just sheered off because it might be re-usable.

If not, Tweeks has them for $1.99.
http://www.tweeks.com/shop?frame=4.74.2509
Part #400-110

The style is slightly different from what is on my 74 because
the bottom is rounded vs cut like the top, but it could
be made match by simply cutting off the bottom.

--- bill

Posted by: James Adams Mar 28 2007, 07:29 AM

You can get a fix, rather than a replacement, http://www.jwesteng.com/porsche/914/pivot.htm

Posted by: krazykonrad Mar 28 2007, 09:15 PM

I had the same problem and it was the weld that hold the bracket in was broken, not the actual bracket itself. A little welding and it was as good as new. If its broken, it probably means you're missing the rollers that go on the thingies, torsion bar, i guess that spring the trunk lid. go with the solid metal upgrades fro J West. the stock plastic ones break all the time.
Konrad

Posted by: woobn8r Mar 28 2007, 09:43 PM

I think the smart money is on the "fix"...

less BS!

My $0.02 (-15% cause I'm Canadian)

Posted by: ChrisNPDrider Mar 29 2007, 01:17 PM

I *can* weld, don't have the equipment, didn't like the look of the tight space to do the repair...yada yada.... installed my JWest hinge in about 30 minutes and it rocks. It can adjust if you make a bad measurement...try that with the welded one.