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Gas spring for frig, P31-2 ??

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Abaco Joe:
Good afternoon all,
The gas spring for the lid of my refrigerator box failed so I removed it and thought I ordered
the correct replacement SpringLift SL36-30-1 (30lb) but it's too weak and allows the lid to slam
shut. I did some rough back of the napkin calculations and it looks like something in the 40-50lb
range is what I need, anyone have the correct part number for the spring?
1988 P31-2
Thanks,
Joe

Last Resort:
Updated: 

I replaced mine about 7 years ago on my 90 31-2.  I ordered 2, a 50# and a 70#.  The seller recommended the 45-50#, but since he only sold pairs, I got 1 50# and 1 70#.  The problem is remembering which one I kept installed for use and which one I put in the garage for storage.  Saying that, I "know" I just recently threw out a pile of gas struts I had collected through the years, and unfortunately, the other good one I stored was in that pile, so I can't eliminate which one I used that way :(    If you can find an 50-60# one, I'd go with that :) 

Last Resort:
in case you need some links:

ebay 60lb

https://www.ebay.com/itm/172874291225?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D241915%26meid%3De473fba33e4441a898292d10954cc31a%26pid%3D101195%26rk%3D8%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D172887956774%26itm%3D172874291225%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv11WebTrimmedV3MskuWithRevOptLambda90KnnRecallV1&_trksid=p2047675.c101195.m1851&amdata=cksum%3A172874291225e473fba33e4441a898292d10954cc31a%7Cenc%3AAQAHAAABEPZqctS1aW2Gn1fMafrLrPa7%252BqLD2Pgo5GTgCDTJgIpBMBHaBHcFvdVGNBWeIytK8U7x8RargP9Bv5VZgW5ZIFNaR4VWEh0%252FoOHOBdSDqpJDe%252FsGoHNjXubcZ05s8ygjRQqNpjdZdyIE%252Bez9wp5NYV%252F0vCg1KGh6jUQP9%252Bh3L7O%252FKld9q1dplET%252BJLgVP3bT4Q1WucYv2Go7Kxs%252BMSxxigANfnukzJtEOFPUbHFMQV5181QVGj9qaYu0VOFA2W%252BdTyQNN1VsHMhScLpiecfJ%252FnO6G%252FrM67uc1FsUACjsQoGSmZ5Bt9tteYGNXfD9QA70xvuT96uunhEq48lPDEFfkXft2CeYQc2tLLUmjgVMsqY5%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A2047675


Attwood:    https://www.backtoboating.com/products/attwood-springlift-sl36-gas-springs?variant=14356095303

These should get you started in your searches :)  Good Luck!!!

Abaco Joe:
Thanks for the info, the 50-70# range gets me in the ballpark, seems like I haven't forgotten
all my trig and statics/dynamics. I usually keep my broken parts for about a month after the
repair is done for just in case but this time I threw out the old spring when the new one arrived
and didn't check to make sure it worked first. And apparently wrote down the wrong model number.
Now it's shopping time, thanks again for your help.
- Abaco Joe

Abaco Joe:
Just getting around to this again...
I bought a 60# which was just a tad too much pressure, then ordered the 50# which
works well. Thought the 60 would do the job since the spring seems to lose a little bit
of force when cold. I bought them at https://www.rvupgradestore.com/ which had
good prices.
- Abaco Joe

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