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Chieftain
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Cossie owners
« on: Sep 18th, 2008, 6:28pm » |
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Further to my bonnet thread I have decided that due to radiator forest preventing the normal way of freeing the bonnet I am going to have to cut the grill and hopefully unscrew the 2 bolts that hold the bonnet catch thus releasing said bonnet.
I need a Cossie owner (or more) to have a look and see if this is workable. You can see the bolts clearly through the grill so hope this will work.
FMD want £40.50 to look at it with no guarentee it can be repaired, almost like saying the car is written off cause you will reach a stage when you can not service it at all, so please take a look and let me know
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Tompion
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Re: Cossie owners
« Reply #1 on: Sep 20th, 2008, 12:13pm » |
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Afraid I can't answer for the cossie, but on the 2.3 you can reach up between the belts and the fans and reach foreward to where the cable attaches to the lever & slide it across.
I can take a picture later so you can see the area.
Dave
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Re: Cossie owners
« Reply #2 on: Sep 20th, 2008, 5:12pm » |
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Hi Bob,
If its getting to that stage, use a reciprocating saw and cut through the striker pin, with a long enough blade you'll be able to get it through the grill without damaging it and cut through the pin, I have a spare one i can give you, then its only a matter of two 10mm bolts to swap it over.
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Chieftain
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Re: Cossie owners
« Reply #3 on: Sep 21st, 2008, 2:34pm » |
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on Sep 20th, 2008, 5:12pm, Highlander wrote:Hi Bob,
If its getting to that stage, use a reciprocating saw and cut through the striker pin, with a long enough blade you'll be able to get it through the grill without damaging it and cut through the pin, I have a spare one i can give you, then its only a matter of two 10mm bolts to swap it over. |
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That looks really feasabile apart from the blade length, longest here is 12" and thta only just touches the pin. Once this is open though will have a good look to sse what ways can be used in future in case it happens to anyone else.
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