At 11:49 AM 3/30/98 -0500, THOM JONES wrote:
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>1979 spitfire will not let me lift its bonnet, all of a sudden.
>Charged battery Saturday afternoon. Closed
>bonnet, went for ride, put it away. Today left side of bonnet will
>not budge. Right side free. Feels
>like it is jammed in the area of the left bonnet lever, but I removed
>the screws holding the lever, which is
>now free, and bonnet still jammed.
>
>Anyone face this one before?
Not me, but I did notice that the bonnet can be tight on level ground when
the car is parked, but wiggly and jiggly when you drive, due to frame and
body flex. (I only have to sit on my front overriders to see this in action.)
So, is the car parked on uneven ground? Maybe if you drive the car over a
driveway apron, at an angle, the bonnet will pop free.
Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire FM96062 UO (On the road and LOVING it!)
Succasunna, NJ USA
"Now that cars are better, why do they keep lowering the speed limits?"
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