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wrenchranch
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Hello fellow E Type Owners.
A discovery! I own a number of American Cars and with each I have devised a way to open the hoods should a cable or latch fail. What to do if one of my Series II bonnet releases should fail? What if the pull rod should come unhooked? Worse, a weld break on the "parrot beak" latch? A study of your latch will reveal a very ugly situation should some failue occure.
A simple precaution will solve this possible dilemma:
At the appropriate point on the parrot beak latch, I drilled an 1/8 inch hole in each one. I then used my wire hook (an old choke rod with a hook on the end) to insert between the bonnet and body to grab the "parrot beak" and with little effort pull in straight down. Presto! The "parrot beak" rotated and the bonnet is now free.
My clearance line between the bonnet and body is about 1/8th of an inch. I suppose if your's is only 1/16th this "precaution" may not work.
Greg in Montana
A discovery! I own a number of American Cars and with each I have devised a way to open the hoods should a cable or latch fail. What to do if one of my Series II bonnet releases should fail? What if the pull rod should come unhooked? Worse, a weld break on the "parrot beak" latch? A study of your latch will reveal a very ugly situation should some failue occure.
A simple precaution will solve this possible dilemma:
At the appropriate point on the parrot beak latch, I drilled an 1/8 inch hole in each one. I then used my wire hook (an old choke rod with a hook on the end) to insert between the bonnet and body to grab the "parrot beak" and with little effort pull in straight down. Presto! The "parrot beak" rotated and the bonnet is now free.
My clearance line between the bonnet and body is about 1/8th of an inch. I suppose if your's is only 1/16th this "precaution" may not work.
Greg in Montana