This is the coolest trick to get the Window crank off:
How to remove a window crank: http://youtu.be/N-6iIYLGj0A
here are the new gas shocks for the rear hatch
they came with new hardware, which is cool since I've read that the old bolts rust apart! The new shocks use both mounting points at the top of the hatch:
looks like this one rusted out before (and the new ones didn't fit the top, they might fit in the bottom):
so I went with this instead:
Now my hatch doesn't try to eat me anymore!
Thanks,
Victor