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Cant shut the bonnet
« on: Dec 18th, 2005, 8:34pm »
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Havent shut the scorpio bonnet in a while as its been off the road and when i came to do it - it wont go down  Angry  
the catch is stiff, i had to help the catch go back (the bit that moves when u pull the lever) but even after putting it back it wont shut still  Embarassed
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Re: Cant shut the bonnet
« Reply #1 on: Dec 18th, 2005, 9:40pm »
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try spaying wd40 on the catch which opens the bonnet i had the same probs on my deisel scorp this morn with being stood awhile also spray the spring in the bonnet too after a few slams it eventually shut  Wink
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Re: Cant shut the bonnet
« Reply #2 on: Dec 18th, 2005, 9:46pm »
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Theres no foreign objects preventing it going down is there?? spanners etc?
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Re: Cant shut the bonnet
« Reply #3 on: Dec 18th, 2005, 10:00pm »
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i aslo give the bonnet stops a couple of turns i think it helped the bonnet to close  Grin
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