The approved method is to grasp the wheel arch with one hand and the upper
portion of the bonnet ( the area under the latch ) with the other and then
lift. not as easy as using the latch, but much less stressful on the sheet
metal.
-----Original Message-----
From: john donohoe <gt6driver@yahoo.com>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, November 02, 1998 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: Spit bonnet cracks
>
>Um... how does one lift the bonnet then? I've been raising my GT6+
>bonnet (often!) for 15 years now by grasping said handle and
>lifting... Where else would one "get a grip"?
>
>John Donohoe
>'70 GT6+ KC81718
>'70 GT6+ (future Sixfire?)
>
>---Lawrence R Zink <zink@pdq.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> ...remember that the latches are to hold the hood
>> assembly in place and not to be used as handles to
>> raise the hood by. They were not designed to take the stress of
>raising the bonnet...As newbies to the
>> vehicles we all made the same mistake...
>
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