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Re: TR6 auxiliary hood (bonnet) release

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Subject: Re: TR6 auxiliary hood (bonnet) release
From: Michael Graham <mgraham@achilles.net>
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 15:32:38 -0400
References: <p04320400b7df401af2da@[62.253.84.89]>
Hi all

I agree that Joe's solution is very elegant and simple. For another 
approach, see the short article I wrote on my secondary release, which is 
included as part of the tech tips section of the website of the Ottawa 
Valley Triumph Club.

http://www.ovtc.n3.net/

Cheers, Mike Graham
73 TR6
70 GT6

At 03:04 PM 02/10/01 -0400, Martin Secrest wrote:
>Yes, this elegant solution was devised by Capital Triumph club member Joe
>Cannon for his '71 TR6.  I put it in my car too.  It works like a dream --
>the biggest mental hurdle is drilling the small hole in the bulkhead for the
>activating lever, which can also be made from an old piece of a wiper blade
>...
>
>===
>Martin Secrest
>73 GT6 (driver)
>72 TR6 (weekender)
>Arlington, VA
>
>"She's got a carburetor tied to the moon."
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > A couple of week-ends ago an eight month old throttle cable broke on
> > my car. Frustrating, but I was within walking distance of the TR Shop
> > in Chiswick; with so few TR outlets around it seemed I was actually
> > lucky. But,the late model PI cable was the only one they were out of
> > stock of....ended up coming home on a flatbed.
> >
> > However, I finally got round to making up & fitting an auxiliary
> > bonnet release as per this link:
> > http://www.clark.net/pub/rweeks/hood_release.html
> >
> > So simple, so effective. No problem to avoid the steering column on a
> > RHD car either, using the remains of a broken cable release....How
> > did Triumph miss such a simple solution?
> > --
> > William Davies
> > 1975 TR6 PI
> > CR6157-O

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