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This topic is about my AARGH!
The bonnet pull "Come away in me 'and mister!" So my bonnet is firmly shut.
It has become detached under the bonnet...at the crank I expect. Can anyone remind me how to get at it? I seem to remember it helps if the car is up in the air and you can wangle your hand up by the radiator? Or is there another trick way to doing it?????
David
The bonnet pull "Come away in me 'and mister!" So my bonnet is firmly shut.
It has become detached under the bonnet...at the crank I expect. Can anyone remind me how to get at it? I seem to remember it helps if the car is up in the air and you can wangle your hand up by the radiator? Or is there another trick way to doing it?????
David
 Chipping Longjourney, Toofarupnorth, UK
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Apr 16, 2024 01:59 PM
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In reply to # 4785679 by david.g.h
AARGH!
The bonnet pull "Come away in me 'and mister!" So my bonnet is firmly shut.
It has become detached under the bonnet...at the crank I expect. Can anyone remind me how to get at it? I seem to remember it helps if the car is up in the air and you can wangle your hand up by the radiator? Or is there another trick way to doing it?????
David
The bonnet pull "Come away in me 'and mister!" So my bonnet is firmly shut.
It has become detached under the bonnet...at the crank I expect. Can anyone remind me how to get at it? I seem to remember it helps if the car is up in the air and you can wangle your hand up by the radiator? Or is there another trick way to doing it?????
David
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Apr 16, 2024 02:06 PM
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Hallo David,
O dear… looked at it and yes. Maybe the right angled lever can be reached from the bottom of the car.
Did try with my open bonnet. You can move it by hand.
Not sure if another possibility would be to try to push the left end of the look, where the return spring is attached to the right. It is visible through the chrome grille.
Maybe a screw driver can rest against a blade of the grille (protected by a piece of rubber tube) and then lever against the lock to push it to disengage position?
Simon
O dear… looked at it and yes. Maybe the right angled lever can be reached from the bottom of the car.
Did try with my open bonnet. You can move it by hand.
Not sure if another possibility would be to try to push the left end of the look, where the return spring is attached to the right. It is visible through the chrome grille.
Maybe a screw driver can rest against a blade of the grille (protected by a piece of rubber tube) and then lever against the lock to push it to disengage position?
Simon
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