I was going to follow Kevin's repair of those spring loaded hinges but on second thought I decided to modify the original hinges to remove the spring assembly and add spring loaded openers.



I really like the results, here is a small write up on what I did!

hinge repair

The link opened the door to all your mods and info, Very informative, wish that I could do as well. when I went to 6 golf cart batteries I raised and tilted the PS resevoir Never thought to relocate it around the corner. thanks