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Re: Broken bonnet release cable

To: Doug Ingram <dougi@home.com>, Spridget List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Broken bonnet release cable
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 07:49:35 -0800
References: <005201c04a0a$e06f68e0$54124518@gvob1.bc.wave.home.com>
Doug,
Reach inside the left wheel well, grab the cable and pull.
jay fishbein
wallingford, ct

Doug Ingram wrote:

> This weekend, I'm going to look at what sounds like an early HAN8 Sprite,
> which has been in storage for years. (The current owner insists that it is a
> 1963, but as it has roll up windows, it can't be.) He told me that the
> bonnet release cable is broken, and that the bonnet is firmly in the down
> and latched position.
>
> Assuming the cable is not broken right at the latch, does any one have
> advice on the best way to get at the cable from underneath to release the
> bonnet?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Doug Ingram
> Victoria BC
> 1958 Sprite  (AN5L/636)
> 1963 Sprite Mk II project (HAN7L/30003)

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