[TR] Triumphs Digest, Vol 4, Issue 378

[pethier at comcast.net]

That's good executive thinking!

Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1973 Triumph Stag LE22439UB "uncle jack"
2004 Suburban 8.1
2005 Lotus Elise
2007 Saturn Ion 3 2.4
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----- Original Message -----

> From: "Benjamin Zwissler" <bjzwissler at gmail.com>
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 2:48:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [TR] Triumphs Digest, Vol 4, Issue 378
> 
> Another suggestion - try jacking the car from front, back, left and
> right
> and see if that lets it pop loose when the cable is pulled.  Jacking
> deforms
> the body quite a bit and will shift the pin/latch alignment.
> 
> Ben.......
> 
> 
> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:02:50 -0700
> From: carlsereda <carlsereda at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [TR] stuck TR4A bonnet
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Message-ID: <29B7C14F.746C.41F0.A00A.317D982E88DF at aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> 
> 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?
> 
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