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Re: #@&^#%# bonnet release!

To: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>, KTRIUMPH@aol.com
Subject: Re: #@&^#%# bonnet release!
From: Trevor Jordan <tjordan@vic.bigpond.net.au>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 10:14:25 +1000
Cc: DANMAS@aol.com, triumphs@autox.team.net
References: <ae24d57e.24a16909@aol.com>
Joe

Ridicule?  How could anyone ridicule a Spit owner over topic like this?

As for fluifs, after 14 months, it looks like you are stuck with it forever.

Trevor Jordan
74 TR6 CF29281U

At 7:55 AM +1000 23/6/99, Joe Curry wrote:
>I just can't escape the ridicule, can I???   8^)
>
>(For those of you who don't understand the fluif reference, you probably
>won't understand this either!)
>
>Joe
>
>KTRIUMPH@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> In a message dated 6/22/99 11:51:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, DANMAS@aol.com
>> writes:
>>
>> << Enough is enough -- time for drastic measures again!  I have ordered a
>>  powerful solenoid, and I will reroute the cable to the passenger side, with
>>  NO BENDS, and connect it to the solenoid. I will add a button in the
>>hole in
>>  the bracket where the handle used to go, on the drivers side, so I should
>>  have NO MORE TROUBLE WITH THE #@&^#%# BONNET RELEASE!
>>
>>  The solenoid will be here in a day or so, and I will install it as soon as
>> it
>>  gets here. In the meantime, if any one is interested, I have posted photos
>> of
>>  the hole I cut for access on the Internet (I'm getting to where I like this
>>  Internet thing!). After I install the solenoid, I'll post details of
>>that on
>>  there as well. If for nothing other than a laugh, you might want to
>>check it
>>  out. It's at: >>
>>
>> Dan
>> Just don't forget to turn your headlamps off when you park the car. Dead
>> battery = no way to open the bonnet!
>> You should have some ready means to at least jump the solenoid outside
>>of the
>> engine bay. Or a secondary cable.
>> How about a hydraulic bonnet release?!  :-)
>> You could even run silicone fluif in it!
>>
>> Ken Nuelle
>> 58 TR3A
>> 62 TR3B
>> 64 TR4
>
>--
>"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
> -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer


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