Hi, Richard.
Having someone apply downward pressure on the bonnet top, above the latch,
should release some tension from the latch pin and allow your method the
leverage to work.
Best of luck,
David Hill
'72 BGT
> Help, List!
> Due to an igno-sec (as when you're slamming the car door and see your keys
> in the ignition an instant before the door slams and locks) the other
> evening, the bonnet of my MGA is locked tight as a drum. I put it back on
> after some major engine work, and the first time I closed it it stayed
that
> way.
> I've looped a wire around the one that goes across the front from the
> bell crank to the latch, and I've pulled on it and pushed from the other
> side and I cannot for the life of me get the latch to give up and turn the
> latch pin loose. I realize this has been discussed, but I've been unable
to
> get into the archives and I'm now becoming generally frazzled out of sheer
> frustration. About as maddening a problem as I've encountered, and that
> includes some lulus.
> Any help, however farfetched, would be appreciated.
>
> --Richard Parker
> Cal State,Chico
> '62 MGA 1600 Mk II Roadster (won't say "Ahhh")
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