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Re: Bonnet (Hood) Fun

To: ssage@SoCal.rr.com
Subject: Re: Bonnet (Hood) Fun
From: Steve Laifman <SLaifman@SoCal.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 19:43:41 -0700
Steve,

Your hood alignment and latch alignment instructions have been on
http://www.TigersUnited.com for a while now.

You can find the instructions at: 
http://www.tigersunited.com/techtips/tt-body9.asp

Go down the page to the answer to Jim Pickard (with pictures) of a
method of aligning the hood catches so it opens easily and NEVER happens
again. It's about half way down a long page. If you can "search" your
browser page, look for "You want HOW MUCH for that hood?. Covers hood
alignment as well.

Written by somebody "Steve" too.  (9-)

-- 

Steve Laifman
Editor
http://www.TigersUnited.com
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ssage@socal.rr.com wrote:
> 
> In addition to my brake fun today, my hood (bonnet) stuck closed for
> part of the day. I finally got it open when with repeated pulling of the
> hood release, I finally heard a "click" and the hood came open.
> 
> I haven't changed anything under there, although I did have the heater
> cover/hood latch piece off a couple of weeks ago to check the water
> hoses under there. The hood worked OK since then until today (although
> it has never been especially easy to open. It takes a reall pull on the
> handle). The hood release is of the solid bar type, rather than the
> later thin wire type, by the way.
> 
> Is there anything in Sunbeam literature about hood adjustemt I can refer
> to? I've done this job a few times through the years just by the hit and
> miss method, but I'm always afraid I'll adjust things the wrong way and
> really get it so it won't open.
> 
> Should any of those parts be lubed, and with what?
> 
> I'd like to be sure I have it adjusted properly before I "lock" it
> again.
> 
> Steve Sage
> Tiger MK1A

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