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Re: Bonnet pull cable length for MGB?

To: "Trevor Boicey" <tboicey@brit.ca>, <mgs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: Bonnet pull cable length for MGB?
From: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 16:39:11 -0500
Cc: "spridgets" <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Reply-to: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Trevor -
Glad you got it open.  To prevent this kind of thing happening with my
Midget, I made a secondary cable pull from aircraft safety wire, attached
it to the bonnet latch lever, and routed it out through the splash panel
inboard of the left fender.  I made a loop with some plastic tubing on it
as a handle.  After doing this as a "backup" measure, I discovered how
convenient it is when I want to open the bonnet:  I don't have to get back
in the car.  Also, I rarely use the main bonnet release cable, so it should
last longer.

Steve Byers
Havelock, NC
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009 G    "OO NINE"

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> From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Bonnet pull cable length for MGB?
> Date: Friday, December 12, 1997 2:00 AM
> 
> Thanks to all that emailed me, I was able to pop
> the bonnet open through the grille. Boy I don't want
> to do that again.
> 
>   I am hoping to replace the bonnet pull cable with
> a generic one from a local auto store. Does somebody
> have a cable to measure to see how long it should be? I
> don't have the cable at all, although I think I see
> where it was routed.
> 
>   Thanks!
> 
> -- 
> Trevor Boicey
> Ottawa, Canada
> tboicey@brit.ca
> http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/

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