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So we finally figured it out. I have had my hatch vag-com'd to pop the hatch, but it wouldn't fully open.
I purchased stronger struts, door poppers from a door shaving kit and finally exhaust flange springs as suggested by the Dodge Magnum forums.
Tools needed:
Flat Head screwdriver
Pliers
Tape
Vag-Com release 704.1 or older
A friend to help hold the hatch.
First.. The VAG-Com work. YOU CAN NOT USE THE LATEST UPDATE, so if you have updated your vag-com to VCDS 8.50, you will need need to re-install the older version 704.1 which can be found here: http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/26816746/vag+com?tab=summary
You need to change the following (at your own risk):
46 - Central Convenience
Byte 2 Bit 3.
Once the adjustments are made and you update the central convenience, you should be able to hit the hatch button on the Key FOB and hear it pop. Without any help, the hatch merely pops, but doesn't get past the release. Until you install the spring, you will need to hold the bottom and lift up on the windshield wiper to get the hatch open. When you open the hatch, you will find that it only needs to go about a foot before the struts can lift it. This is where the spring comes in.
Now install the spring: Dorman Help! product number 03080.
People have found other 3/4" springs that seem to work. The springs run about $2.00 each and have been found at local part shops (autozone, o'rielly's etc..)
You can also purchase them online - but mine took 2 weeks:
http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductDetail.aspx?MfrCode=DOR&MfrPartNumber=03080
http://www.rockauto.com/dbphp/prt,42,03080
Once you have the spring, you need to:
1. Take off strut from hatch by unclipping the metal clips with a small flat head screw driver. **Once the strut is removed, the hatch will no longer be supported it, so it is best to brace it or have a friend hold the hatch while you are pulling the end off.
2. Unscrew small end of strut with two pairs of pliers
3. Slide on the spring (washers are optional)
4. Put the strut back together and attach it to the hatch.
5. You will notice that the spring will slide up and down as you open it. You can wrap it with 3/4" Heat Shrink Tubing or Friction Tape as someone suggested to keep the spring in place
6. blackgti06 offered a different idea to Number 5. If you don't have shrink tubing or friction tape you can actually pull the end cap of the strut off and slide the spring underneath and replace the cap for an OEM look.
*You can use one spring but most people have been installing 2. For $2.00 a piece, might as well beef it up.
Here is what Buttero's car looks like after the heat shrink.
More pics to come.
Special thanks to Paul C. (P C) and Buttero (Buttero@setuning.com) for helping to facilitate this project.
Here are some videos..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfq-FN7iNkk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Ad8dBFab8&
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n74gC_vM4jQ&e
I purchased stronger struts, door poppers from a door shaving kit and finally exhaust flange springs as suggested by the Dodge Magnum forums.
Tools needed:
Flat Head screwdriver
Pliers
Tape
Vag-Com release 704.1 or older
A friend to help hold the hatch.
First.. The VAG-Com work. YOU CAN NOT USE THE LATEST UPDATE, so if you have updated your vag-com to VCDS 8.50, you will need need to re-install the older version 704.1 which can be found here: http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/26816746/vag+com?tab=summary
You need to change the following (at your own risk):
46 - Central Convenience
Byte 2 Bit 3.
Once the adjustments are made and you update the central convenience, you should be able to hit the hatch button on the Key FOB and hear it pop. Without any help, the hatch merely pops, but doesn't get past the release. Until you install the spring, you will need to hold the bottom and lift up on the windshield wiper to get the hatch open. When you open the hatch, you will find that it only needs to go about a foot before the struts can lift it. This is where the spring comes in.
Now install the spring: Dorman Help! product number 03080.
People have found other 3/4" springs that seem to work. The springs run about $2.00 each and have been found at local part shops (autozone, o'rielly's etc..)
You can also purchase them online - but mine took 2 weeks:
http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductDetail.aspx?MfrCode=DOR&MfrPartNumber=03080
http://www.rockauto.com/dbphp/prt,42,03080
Once you have the spring, you need to:
1. Take off strut from hatch by unclipping the metal clips with a small flat head screw driver. **Once the strut is removed, the hatch will no longer be supported it, so it is best to brace it or have a friend hold the hatch while you are pulling the end off.
2. Unscrew small end of strut with two pairs of pliers
3. Slide on the spring (washers are optional)
4. Put the strut back together and attach it to the hatch.
5. You will notice that the spring will slide up and down as you open it. You can wrap it with 3/4" Heat Shrink Tubing or Friction Tape as someone suggested to keep the spring in place
6. blackgti06 offered a different idea to Number 5. If you don't have shrink tubing or friction tape you can actually pull the end cap of the strut off and slide the spring underneath and replace the cap for an OEM look.
*You can use one spring but most people have been installing 2. For $2.00 a piece, might as well beef it up.
Here is what Buttero's car looks like after the heat shrink.
More pics to come.
Special thanks to Paul C. (P C) and Buttero (Buttero@setuning.com) for helping to facilitate this project.
Here are some videos..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfq-FN7iNkk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Ad8dBFab8&
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n74gC_vM4jQ&e
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