Somone had a problem with the hood of a Spitfire. I have had this
problem more than once. Those chromey levers have a little roller on
the other end of the arm. It runs along a cam shaped piece. These
cams wear along the path travelled and this causes a lip when the
roller stops rolling and starts grinding which it does with time.
To open the thing takes a long flat blade screw driver and your
favorite BFH and a lot of patience. The trick is to lift the lever
as far as it goes slide in the screw driver underneath. Then use the
BFH to "help" the roller over the lip on the cam.
The cam can be "reprofiled" (!) with a file and will work long enough
for you to forget quite how to fix the sucker.....(the first
time anyway)
Hope this helps !
Neil
73 MKIV Spit.
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