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Re: Bonnet Adjustment

To: Spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Bonnet Adjustment
From: DWARE@uk.ibm.com
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 13:56:16 +0100


Don't forget that you can also adjust the hooks on the sides of the
firewall that the bonnet  latches _latch_ onto, By lowering them you can
make the catches lock very snugly, but lowering them too much will make the
latch miss and not lock at all.

David
'77 Spitfire 1500

>>>

There are two places to adjust the "height" of the bonnet.  In the front
you remove the overriders (leave the bumper in place) and loosen the
bolt in the front of the hinge frame.  It sits in a slotted channel and
offers several inches of latitude.

In the rear you use the rubber cones, just back off the jam-nut and have
at it.

Pretty simple really..  maybe a 15 minute job.

JS

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