Bonnet locks : pin is way to far forward ?

[Durango2k]

Hi all,

In a bit of a hurry yesterday (after two hours in the fridge) I finally fitted the bonnet locks and the pins plus their female counterparts.

Now, it seems as if the pin would be way to far forward. Hard to take a picture, but its about 1/2 inch or a bit less, but about that.

What can I do- did I put something the wrong way up here ?



Carsten

[christopher storey]

Unless I am getting confused with the photo, your locking bar/pin appear to be the wrong way up. The horizontal bar should be at the bottom, and the spigot which carries the pin should be at the top

here it is on my FHC


and on my OTS

[Durango2k]

Yes you‘re right - that was it.

Now, these buggers are a pain to adjust !

LH side is fine after an hour, RH side is difficult. I will have to restore the locking snail, because it is worn a bit, and so it cannot pull down the pin. I have set the part on the bonnet as far up as can be, and still 3-5 mm play. It was very worn before, or someone had cut it out. I welded some stuff onto it, but it seems not enough- will add more.

Overall, a very flexible but tricky-to-get-right-construction. Were the outside bonnet locks even worse ?

Carsten

[malcolm]

By the way Christopher, your cars look amazing! Has the underside of the blue bonnet just been restored?

[Gfhug]

Malcolm, you may notice the blue one is without windscreen wipers. Whether Christopher relies on Rain-X or never goes out in the rain or, just maybe, the photo was after restoration work?
I do agree with your comments though

Geoff

[christopher storey]

Malcolm and Geoff - yes , the blue fhc had just been totally rebuilt and I took that photo during the course of reassembly - note no heater duct etc. The red job is in fact moderately shabby - what in the USA is called a " nice driver" - it just shows how photos flatter a car !

[politeperson]

Carsten,

More the he point-

Why were you in the fridge for 2 hours? I hope it was switched off.

It must be a large one. I hope.

Havent a clue about the pins, sorry. If the bonnet lines up, they might just need rearranging somewhat.

James

[Durango2k]

Hi,

This is „the fridge“:



No heating, some leaks, thin roof, wooden shed door with lots of leaks. Outside, -8 degs, means about -2 inside. Yes, you can work there on the car, but for about two hours, and only things which are not too small nor require hand touching metal. I am wearing 4 layers of clothes on top, and 2 trousers.

I have however coined a sentence in the now 27 years which I work there in just this shed:

„If you do not work in winter, you will not drive in summer“.

Carsten

[politeperson]

Carsten,

You need a nice woodburner like I have.

Lovely

[Durango2k]

...which would need a chimney, and which might kill me with carbon Monoxide. It‘s a very old yard, and my cars are un- insured at the moment, if it burns down I loose about 80 grand. Thats why they all have disconnected batteries and i switch of the electrics when I leave and so on. Better safe then sorry.

I do have a diesel heater, 40kW from a construction site. Problem is it sprays diesel, works a while burning it, but it drips slowly, which in turn means the air in the shed becomes grey, and I am sure this shortens my lifespan, more then getting cold :-), so I do no longer use it. Even a pro could not fix this- maybe I have to research the issue a bit more next summer.

Seriously, working in „the fridge“ has one advanteage- when we have family breakfast, everyone freezes-despite hot tea- and demand me to ignite the oven in the house. I can go on in a t-shirt, but they, including missus, need their oven burning plus clothes plus tea. I don‘t.

Carsten