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From: brassplyer on 20 Jan 2010 00:35
For some reason these seem difficult to locate other than through
Toyota. Any idea if something else will cross over? The ones I see on
Ebay specify up to '88.

Thanks
From: Ray O on 20 Jan 2010 00:50

"brassplyer" <brassplyer(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> For some reason these seem difficult to locate other than through
> Toyota. Any idea if something else will cross over? The ones I see on
> Ebay specify up to '88.
>
> Thanks

IIRC, 1989 was a body style change for the Cressida so the hood lifts may
not be the same.

I found aftermarket Mighty Lift supports at autozone.com when I looked up
1989 Cressida with 8-1/2" compressed length, 12" extended length with 70 lbs
support.


From: Hachiroku on 20 Jan 2010 07:55
On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:35:22 -0800, brassplyer wrote:

> For some reason these seem difficult to locate other than through
> Toyota. Any idea if something else will cross over? The ones I see on
> Ebay specify up to '88.
>
> Thanks

I had the same problem with my Supra. A bright fellow who has left this
group gave me this idea: get about 4" of PVC tubing, costs about 75
cents, cut a slot down the side, 'slip' it on one of the lifts (NOTE:
"slip" is a misnomer...it takes some doing!). When you raise the hood,
the PVC tubing gets between the mount and the top part of the lift and
holds the hood open. Raise the hood, aling the PVC so it slides over the
top part of the lift, and close the hood.

The lifts for this car are about $35 each. The PVC pipe is 75 cents.

From: Tegger on 20 Jan 2010 09:13
Hachiroku <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in news:hj6ufa$8d2$1(a)news.eternal-
september.org:

> On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:35:22 -0800, brassplyer wrote:
>
>> For some reason these seem difficult to locate other than through
>> Toyota. Any idea if something else will cross over? The ones I see on
>> Ebay specify up to '88.
>>
>> Thanks
>
> I had the same problem with my Supra. A bright fellow who has left this
> group gave me this idea: get about 4" of PVC tubing, costs about 75
> cents, cut a slot down the side, 'slip' it on one of the lifts (NOTE:
> "slip" is a misnomer...it takes some doing!). When you raise the hood,
> the PVC tubing gets between the mount and the top part of the lift and
> holds the hood open. Raise the hood, aling the PVC so it slides over the
> top part of the lift, and close the hood.
>
> The lifts for this car are about $35 each. The PVC pipe is 75 cents.
>
>



A guy I know (with a Chevette, believe it or not) just clamps a set of
Vise-Grips on the shaft of one of his hatch struts to hold the hatch open.
Seems to work a treat.


--
Tegger

From: twisted on 20 Jan 2010 13:12
On Jan 20, 12:35 am, brassplyer <brasspl...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> For some reason these seem difficult to locate other than through
> Toyota. Any idea if something else will cross over? The ones I see on
> Ebay specify up to '88.
>
> Thanks

How many do you want and how much do you want to pay?!?!

http://www.google.com/search?q=hood+lifts+1989+cressida&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=&oe=
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