Renovate OEM decklid dampers

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Originally posted by Anders Hellberg:
Does anyone know how i can take apart the OEM dampers to decklid?
I want to renovate them...

I have a set of Corte & Cosso original NOS. Have no idea what they go for but a recent similar set on Ebay sold at 400 USD.
Nuts but the factory for these no longer exists. Try Raffaele at RS Corse in Modena or Claudio at Autoelite in Fiorano Modenese, they have still a lot of actual factory inventory in their stock, molds for wheels and all that remains from the factory days. The people working there are ex DeTomaso mechanics.

Do a search on this forum. There is someone here in the US that rebuilds them.

here is the post I found
http://pantera.infopop.cc/eve/...562/m/7680094515/p/1

http://strutwise.com/ in BC, Canada

NO, don't use Strutwise! My struts functioned poorly upon return and then failed.

Sorry .I didn't read all the search results

Anders, Larry Stock sells renovated original Corte & Casso decklid shocks from his shop (www,panteraparts.com). He found a place that can disassemble, rebuild and (most important) re-pressurize the original shocks. No- I don't know where the rebuilder is.

Most of the time, it's a simple failure to hold pressure of the strut-rod seal over 40+ years, and once depressurized, they are useless. Second problem: the shock body is built with a stamped ledge at its top, under the boot. The boot fits the rod very loosely. So rainwater thrown up by the wheels runs down the rod, under the boot and is held in a small 'pond' around the shock rod, rusting everything in sight. Mounting the shocks upside-down fixes this, as does drilling tiny weep-holes thru the lip for drainage. but the real fix is tight-fitting boots.

Some shocks are not rebuildable due to rust pits in the rod and missing metal on the shock body. Look closely at what you have and decide if they're worth spending more money on before sending them in. He also has a few in stock.

I don't know if you are try to get a Concours look or just trying keep the look stock but here is something I came up with and know one has ever spotted it without me showing them. It might work if you are just trying to keep the original look.

I welded a washer to a piece of 3/16" rod I had laying around and it's worked great for 3 years and cost me nothing and took about 5 minutes. Here's a close up.

It almost looks stock.

I'm "just" looking for stock look, so it could work. I'm going to make one. Thanks!

you can also make a tube with stock diameter, as sits outside a slim modern shocks if you have a stock boot size so see you nothing more than the rod on the the narrow modern shocks.

hope you understand difficult to explain on the english.

Anders,

Why not just buy a set of the reproduction units that Mike Mayberry sells on eBay?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PANTER...&hash=item2ed1d99371

Mark

Mark -

Why do you want to make this so easy?

Well, I DID wait several days to see if someone else would help Anders out.

I was considering these myself and wonder if anyone has purchased a set that can report on quality and effectiveness.

Mark