[TR] stuck TR4A bonnet

[carlsereda]

Peter,
Guessing a little here - the head of bonnet plunger may have not been 
centered exactly and is snagging off to the side of its receiving 
hole.
You might try having someone pull both release cables whilst you 
firmly jostle the bonnet around by the eyebrows (attempting to jar the 
plunger forward and back, and side to side, to uncatch head of plunger 
from side of hole.. otherwise you may have to start taking things 
apart behind cubby box to do the same..
Good luck,
Carl
'63 TR4 since '74

On Aug 30, 2010, at 11:00:03 AM, triumphs-request at autox.team.net wrote:

Pulled the bonnet release cable today and much to my dismay the bonnet 
did not
open.
I then reached for my backup cable and still no good.
Both cables have tension on them and I believe I hear the latch move.
I find it hard to believe both would fail simultaneously.
I have tried to push down on the center of the bonnet near the latch 
but no
there is no play or spring whatsoever.
I'm suspecting the spring has gone out of alignment(?).

What would you recommend as next steps?