Dennis,
Will you, or any one else for that matter, post a photo of this
arrangement for those of us unable to get to the VTR? Your graphic
effort is considerable and admirable, but I can't quite imagine what
you've got there.
Jim Davis
Fortson, GA
CF38690UO
CF37325U
dncullig@us.ibm.com wrote:
>
> Art,
> I did go to the tech session at VTR on the emergency hood
> release for a TR6. Joe Cannon showed the most simple and
> ingenious method I've yet seen. He had a piece of metal made
> that gets mounted on the passenger side of the existing hood
> release bracket. It looks something like this:
> ___
> ____
> Hood release | | | )
> latch ------> |__| |
> |
> (---------------------------------------------------------- |
> ( O <--- hole for wire |
> (
> |
> ( Pivot hole -->( )
> |
> ------------__________ )
> ------------------___________)
>
> The larger hole on the right is a mounting hole - a hole is drilled
> through the bracket and tapped. A bolt is then use as a pivot in
> this hole. Put a wire through the smaller hole and drill a small hole
> directly below it. This wire (Joe used a piece of solder) will stick
> through just behind the heater hoses in the passenger footwell.
> Yank on the wire, the piece of metal pivots and the hood release
> latch moves back and releases the hood.
>
> I apologize for the crudeness of my artwork, but hopefully you
> get the idea. I also hope that Joe has 'protected' this idea (al-
> thought he seemed more than happy to let us all see how it
> works). I was more than happy to part with a few $$ to get one
> of these little brackets all pre-made and ready to install.
>
> Dennis Culligan / Highland,NY / DNCULLIG@US.IBM.COM
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