Uncle Jack.... That's why I put the "stop nut" on the rod to prevent it from
going too far. Others have drilled a hole through the rod and inserted a
cotter pin. You can see how I did mine at my web site under the "hood
release" link. It's a great release as designed but you need to do something
to prevent it from over-rotating.
Bob Danielson
1975 TR6
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Jack W. Drews
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 4:07 PM
To: GGanoung@aol.com; triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Hood Stuck on TR6 - HELP!
I hate to be the bearer of what might be bad news, but here goes anyway.
If your extra hood release gadget is the kind where you bolt a little
crank-shaped piece to the side of the hood latch bracket and drop a wire
straight down through the firewall, then the problem could very well be that
when you tried it, the crank went over-center (too far to the cowl side) and
has locked the latch trigger in place. That little crank has to be much more
carefully designed than it first appears. I had the same problem, and
redesigned that little latch and repositioned the pivot hole. If you can
find a way to pull your little crank down even further, maybe the trigger on
your main hood latch will clear it. That would be the easiest solution.
Unfortunately this explanation of what might have happened is of marginal
use if you have the hood stuck and it won't open.
There is another access to that side of the engine which is seldom
mentioned. If you remove the right headlamp assembly, you have partial
access to the carb side of the engine. If you have the stock air cleaner in
place, that's a complication. But anyway, if you remove that headlight, you
can at least peer in there and maybe figure out what's wrong or how to stick
something long in there and make it right.
If that fails, you can remove both headlight assemblies and unbolt the hood
hinges. That at least lets you raise the front of the hood and then there
are several possibilities, including unbolting the spring-loaded half of the
hood latch from the bottom side of the hood and lifting the hood off.
Of course it helps if you have arms about 18" longer. Know any basketball
players?
At 11:33 AM 10/10/2005, GGanoung@aol.com wrote:
>Gentlemen:
>Drove the TR this morning. Last week I had put on the "emergency hood
>release". After multiple tests it appeared to work fine.
>Now, it won't open. The hood cable releases, the hood pops us part way.
>Cant get my fingers under the edge to lift, nor will the emergency
>contraption work.
>I know there has been much discussion over the years on this subject.
>What're my alternatives to get this thing open.
>thanks
>Gary
uncle jack
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