Message text written by Will
>I then bought new parts for both sides of the mechanism, hoping that
would give me a bit of extra clearance, this seemed to help (and gave
me another new shiny bit in the engine bay). Problem solved until the
day comes for the car to be photographed for a magazine article:
Amazingly they choose the same stretch of road I first drove a sports
car on, (a friends TR6), and we begin with them driving behind me
with the photographer leaning out of the trailing car. Up pops the
bonnet. Next pass and the same thing happens at the same spot, but I
realize there was no bump! Same thing on the next two passes, and I
begin to wonder if my bonnet has taken up water divining....
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Must be that Leprechaun hiding in your footwell. He's hiding a pot o' gold
Triumph parts!
Seriously, though, have you checked the alignment of the bonnet buffers?
Maybe they are forcing the bonnet off-center of the latch allowing it to
release.
Is the release cable adjusted properly? It could be too tight not allowing
the latch to return to the full latched position. You could disconnect the
release cable and see if it opens then. DON'T DO IT! JUST KIDDING! You
could adjust more slack into the cable and see if that helps.
Is the part on the bonnet at the proper angle? If it were angled
improperly it may not latch properly?
These are just suggestions. I had this proble on my TR4 and I took the
bloody thing off as an interim step and wrecked the car before returning to
the issue. The TR6 I've had since has never had this problem. Infact
getting it to release has been a bugger sometimes. Concequently, I can't
offer much more than suggestions.
Best of luck, mate.
Cheers
Dave
P.S. I had to shim the latch on the TR8 out from the firewall with some
large washers to get it to work right but it works a treat, now.
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