Factory Tool P304 - do you want one?, Rear trunk hood spring lever Options

[JeffBowlsby]

I recently researched all the factory 914 tools for my webpage (see link in my signature below), which now indexes every 914-specific tool I have located to date.

Mark Heard (914Sixer) kindly lent me his OEM Tool P304 rear trunk hood spring lever tool to document. This tool is no longer available to buy new and it works Great! We've all seen the Rube Goldberg alternatives using modified crescent wrenches and socket wrenches, and those things scare me. The length of the lever arm is too short making the work very hard and there is a good chance the spring will slip off. This spring is dangerous and there is nothing like the real tool.

The lever is almost 15 inches long made of 3/8" steel plate, with two precision machined notches. So I had it duplicated at a local fabricator for my own use and will make these available to others. They didnt charge me any more (its mostly labor) to make them out of 1/2 inch material, so the tool I had made is 30% stronger becasue of the extra thickness.

If you want one, paypal me $70. which includes the tool and US shipping at bowlsby@sbcglobal.net

I will get these made up and shipped right away.

Here are some photos: