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Car Forum / MINI / March 2004Bonnet catch
Should a mk1 bonnet catch have a spring in it? Cheers The Muffin Man > Should a mk1 bonnet catch have a spring in it? > > Cheers > > The Muffin Man The centre pin always has a spring. The secondary catch should have a torsion spring to bias the catch forwards.  SignatureRgds Steve steve@dsnclassics.co.uk www.dsnclassics.co.uk > The centre pin always has a spring. The secondary catch should have a > torsion spring to bias the catch forwards. Does it fix to the slam pannel? The Muffin Man > > The centre pin always has a spring. The secondary catch should have a > > torsion spring to bias the catch forwards. > > Does it fix to the slam pannel? > The Muffin Man No Muffy it screws in to a captive nut welded to the underside of the bonnet Fitzy > No Muffy > it screws in to a captive nut welded to the underside of the bonnet > Fitzy I meant the catch itself - the bit attached to the car itself. The bonnet has the sping loaded dildo, I am on about the other bit. The catch it slots into (the one I have) doesn't have a spring to return the latch to lock the bonnet. Should it have a spring attached to it? Should that spring be bolted to the slam pannel? Cheers The Muffin Man Sorry Muffy, I misunderstood your post, YES there is a spring on the locking slide plate Fitzy > > No Muffy > > it screws in to a captive nut welded to the underside of the bonnet [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > The Muffin Man Thanks a lot, and thanks for the email. Very helpful. Looks like I need to find a spring. At least fitting this wont require the strength of ten men in my little finger like fitting one of the later bonnet catches ;) The Muffin Man > Sorry Muffy, > I misunderstood your post, [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > > > The Muffin Man If you can't get the original, what about a rear brakeshoe spring ? I'm sure you could make one fit, :-) Fitzy > Thanks a lot, and thanks for the email. Very helpful. Looks like I need to > find a spring. At least fitting this wont require the strength of ten men [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > > > > > The Muffin Man Good plan. Thanks The Muffin Man > If you can't get the original, what about a rear brakeshoe spring ? > I'm sure you could make one fit, :-) [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > > > > > > > The Muffin Man And another one in its Step! > Should a mk1 bonnet catch have a spring in it? > > Cheers > > The Muffin Man |
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