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Re: Bonnet (hood) alignment on install on '62 sprite

To: DLancer7676@cs.com, PilotRob@webtv.net, denadave@attbi.com
Subject: Re: Bonnet (hood) alignment on install on '62 sprite
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 18:18:52 -0700
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
Dave,

Welcome back.

If you snug up the bolts enough to have just enough friction to keep it
from moving on it's own but not enough to keep you from nudging it,
pressing it down into th latching mechanism should give you somethiing
reasonably close to the way it was. just watch each side at the nose end to
make soure you have an equal gap at the fenders and so you don't scrap the
paint. Holding the bonnet at the front (partially lowered) with a hand on
each side and embraced with your forearms should give you enough control to
move (nudge) it around where you want too.

Gerard

At 8:18 PM -0400 5/13/03, DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
>In a message dated 5/13/03 5:11:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>PilotRob@webtv.net writes:
>
>
>> Your last paragraph in your post on the
>> subject tells the tale....keep screwing with
>> it 'til it's "right"....no "tricks".
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>Yeah--about the only way.  One trick to keep from scratching your bonnet cowl
>paint is to lay a single layer of blanket around it when you are mounting the
>bonnet.  Once you get the bolts semi tight, where you can slide the bonnet
>around a bit and it is secured from scraping other painted areas, you can
>remove the blanket.
>
>--David C.

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