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1. Aaaaaaargh! Help! Hood/Bonnet Hinge (score: 1): Author: Becky Hart <behart@mesa5.mesa.colorado.edu>; Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:40:00 -0800; My '67 Midget is in the body shop getting worked on and they can't figure out how to take off the bonnet hinges. They say there's not enough room to reach behind the dashboard(barely enough room to g; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg01128.html (8,384 bytes)
2. RE: Aaaaaaargh! Help! Hood/Bonnet Hinge (score: 1): Author: "Elliott, Patrick" <PElliott@attws-wr.swest.attws.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:20:15 -0800; Find a mechanic with smaller hands, it's a single bolt that's also the pivot for each hinge. Hard to reach but not impossible. It's allot easier with the dash out. If the bolts are worn or have becom; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg01130.html (9,280 bytes)
3. Re: Aaaaaaargh! Help! Hood/Bonnet Hinge (score: 1): Author: "Alan Inglis" <ainglis@bcresearch.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:25:32 -0800; Is the bonnet already off? The dashboard ends of the hinge are well hidden - but the bonnet (hood) end is very accessible. 4 nuts and bolts on each hinge and two pairs of hands and the bonnet should; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg01131.html (9,868 bytes)
4. Re: Aaaaaaargh! Help! Hood/Bonnet Hinge (score: 1): Author: Becky Hart <behart@mesa5.mesa.colorado.edu>; Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 16:28:23 -0800; Thanks to all who've responded. What the guy's telling me now is that taking out the dashboard will take eight hours and they need an electrician. Does this sound about right? It seems excessive. I'l; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg01132.html (9,070 bytes)
5. Re: Aaaaaaargh! Help! Hood/Bonnet Hinge (score: 1): Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>; Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:50:09 -0800 (PST); I THINK I have done it with the dash in place, but I have small hands. Normally you would have to remove the dash. One screw on each side, three bolts vertically up into the body of the car. Ulix Ul; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg01134.html (9,385 bytes)
6. Re: Aaaaaaargh! Help! Hood/Bonnet Hinge (score: 1): Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>; Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 16:05:58 -0800 (PST); Don't buy any repro hinges, they are thinner gauge metal and break even faster. Try to find a good used one. If it hasn't broken yet, it's a good one. (I don't know HOW these things hold up bugeye f; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg01135.html (9,809 bytes)
7. Re: Aaaaaaargh! Help! Hood/Bonnet Hinge (score: 1): Author: robert weeks <robert@woozy.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 19:14:15 -0500; Hi Becky, I took off my dash, rewired it after a fire caused by the DPO's shoddy wiring splices, *and* reinstalled the dash in less than 8 hours. Removing the dash can be a royal p.i.t.a. but it does; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg01136.html (9,784 bytes)
8. RE: Aaaaaaargh! Help! Hood/Bonnet Hinge (score: 1): Author: "Elliott, Patrick" <PElliott@attws-wr.swest.attws.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 16:33:45 -0800; 8 hours is overkill, As Ulix said five fasteners, drop the dash far enough to get to the bolt, remove bolt, put dash back up, no need to disconnect anything electrical.; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg01140.html (9,981 bytes)
9. Re: Aaaaaaargh! Help! Hood/Bonnet Hinge (score: 1): Author: Daniel Thompson <dthompson@videotron.ca>; Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 20:00:15 -0500; Sounds like these "professionals" need a dose of attitude re-adjustment. 8 hours to take out a Spridget dash and replace a broken hinge is a crock. One hour tops. Talk to the manager and if he is a b; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg01143.html (9,587 bytes)
10. Re: Aaaaaaargh! Help! Hood/Bonnet Hinge (score: 1): Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>; Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 17:41:28 -0800 (PST); Daniel, if you have some that are NOT broken that you want to get rid off... Usually the side "lip" on the side buckles or breaks and they loose their shape and strength. Ulix __/__,__ ___/__|\__ ...; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg01146.html (8,934 bytes)
11. Re: Aaaaaaargh! Help! Hood/Bonnet Hinge (score: 1): Author: AHSprite78@aol.com; Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 11:50:37 EST; Hey when I got my sprite about 3 years ago it had to broken hinges. The crack along the sides. I just welded them back together and haven't had a problem since Matthew Smith '67 Sprite; /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg01172.html (9,598 bytes)

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