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<DIV>Like Barrie, we have the pneumatic props installed on our B/GT
bonnet. They are similar to what holds up the tailgate on a modern station
wagon. We purchased our kit from Moss Motors, and found the installation
fairly simple – and it certainly does make leaning into the engine compartment a
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<DIV>Sarah Carr</DIV>
<DIV>‘71 MGB/GT in Pennsylvania USA</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mgs@autox.team.net
href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net">Barrie Robinson via Mgs</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 21, 2015 5:12 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=h.duinhoven@planet.nl
href="mailto:h.duinhoven@planet.nl">Hans Duinhoven</A> ; <A
title=mgs@autox.team.net href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net">mgs@autox.team.net</A>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Mgs] FW: MGA Guru on the Gulf Coast</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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MGB GT V8 has those pneumatic(?) support things for bonnet. I got them
from a team.net bloke I think but you can get them quite easily. I also
have them on the tailgate - absolutely brilliant and I recommend them.
Easy to install and do not interfer<BR><BR><BR>At 08:31 PM 12/21/2015 +0100,
Hans Duinhoven via Mgs wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Thanks Barney & Bert for the
wakeup call.<BR><BR>I've driven the GT too little this year.<BR>Reason was oil
swallowing like over a litre per 100 miles.<BR>This happening made me quite
unhappy as the engine had been overhauled not<BR>long ago (in miles
speaking).<BR>Also my health was not optimal this year, so after seeking the
reason for<BR>this engine error I asked my friendly garagist to look to the
most suspected<BR>part of the engine - the breather system.<BR>It appeared
this system was clogged and after cleaning and putting it back<BR>to the
advised settings the GT is back on the road and has proven to use
oil<BR>little to none. <BR>Also thanks to Paul Hunt for his
advise.<BR><BR>Barney, you made me looking to your site where your travel
experiences were<BR>listed and I saw some pictures of MGB's where the engine
hood was wide open.<BR><A href="http://mgaguru.com/tales/mobile11/5536.jpg"
eudora="autourl">http://mgaguru.com/tales/mobile11/5536.jpg</A> <BR>I still
use the original hood stand, which offers very little space to work.<BR>So my
question is, is the hood stand modification documented
somewhere?<BR><BR>Thanks in advance.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR>Hans<BR>71
BGT<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>