Red 6 Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 All you need is a broom handle. The idea is to undo the bonnet hinge on the passenger side which is accessible by removing the front headlight and bowl and left the bonnet a few inches which allows you to get the broom handle in to push the released mechanism. Very simple job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peejay4A Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 As I posted earlier I don't think that trick works on a 6 as the headlamp bowls are between the inner and outer wings unlike on the 4/4A where the bowls give access to the engine compartment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Red 6 Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Ah you might be right it was 12 years ago and I do not have a 6, must have been the 250. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Bracher Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Any joy Ernie?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blue cedar Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Ernie has gone very quiet ! These bonnet catches seem to cause huge frustration and dispair. I am getting worried for Ernie !!!!! Has anyone heard from him ? Does anyone have his number, perhaps give him a call and check he is ok. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foster461 Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Perhaps he has been distracted Now Ernie loved a widow A lady known as Sue She lived all alone in Linley Lane At number twenty two They said she was too good for him She was haughty, proud and chic But Ernie got his cocoa there Three times every week. I'll get my bonnet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cotswold Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 ...and he rode the fastest TR in the west. Boom boom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparkplug Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 ...and he rode the fastest TR in the west. Boom boom I hope he's okay, and not trapped underneath. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Bracher Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Oh dear! What if he got it open, and was fettling the catch when the bonnet stay gave up...........! Poor Ernie........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Bracher Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 He was only 59, he didn't want to die........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cotswold Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Thanks to this thread and poor Ernie's experience I ordered and just fitted a Moss emergency Bonnet release, more tricky than on the TR4A as there is only a very small space on the 6 between the steering column and the rad hoses (about an inch) and impossible to drill the bulkhead from above but I guessed exactly right from underneath dividing the distance between a bolt and the rad hoses. Having fitted as per the instructions it is a smooth and efficient lever. ...is that a ghostly rattling of bottles I can hear? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Hi Charles, the emergency release is very handy. However most bonnets get stuck not because of a broken primary release but being jammed. The emergency release is then of little use. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cotswold Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Hi Roger, Gee thanks a bunch..I will get straight onto Moss and see if I can get an unjammer as well Better stow a crow bar in the boot Charles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Bracher Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Or an 'assistant' under the bonnet? Perhaps a trained rat?? I gave up on the Crowbar in the boot, was sick of trying to 'shoo out' drunken ones, especially after closing time! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfried Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Having read all that about not being able to open the bonnet, I had a look at my 1972 TR6carb. My Idea was to change the sheath, and if necessary, also the cable. I have sucessfully changed the original sheath against a sheath from a bicycle rear brake Shimano on another TR6. These Shimano sheath are lined inside with teflon, which makes the cable move much easier than in the original steel-only sheath. And it does not rust. The cable looked still perfect, except at the place where it was screwed to the mecanism. Once I had removed the cable, I was much surprised to find it damaged at the place, where it is just coming out of the sheath when not pulled. I put the cable in again and then realized, that you cannot see that damage when the cable is in its rest position. It is quite understandable that the cable is damaged at that place, because with the vibrations, it moves against the steel sheath continuously. I wonder now, if those cables which break (and give all that trouble) break at that hidden place? My suggestion: have a close look at your cable, and replace the sheath by a Shimano sheath. Wilfried Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Bracher Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 More than a little worried about 'Poor Ernie' now........! Do you think perhaps the handle came off the inside of his garage door too?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cotswold Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Just fit the moss kit and forget the cable it's easier to use it to open the bonnet than the cable anyway and foolproof, best £14 I've spent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kcsun Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Aarrrgh had the same problem today luckily I have a thin bit of wire looped through to the cockpit as a back up which popped the bonnet for me without me stressing to much I had been cleaning and polishing the engine bay and found that I had knocked the tiny locking clip of the outer cable off the release mechanism bracket. Have pushed it back for now but need to make a more secure way of fixing the clip so that it does not happen again KC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cotswold Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Anyway....does anyone else think the bonnet retaining catch is an annoying waste of time and a possible jamming item? Seems to me that if the bonnet were to open it wouldn't flip up unless you were doing 80 in reverse the forward movement air pressure would keep it down. Unless anyone can think of a good reason I will unbolt it tomorrow. Has anyone heard from Earnie? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peejay4A Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 If you're referring to the secondary bonnet retaining catch I think you'll find a voluble lobby on here that will advise you to keep it. For my own part my catch doesn't have one so my view is moot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cotswold Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Yes the secondary wiggle your fingers under the bonnet to fing thingamajig that's only purpose in life is to make you walk around the car to release it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Anyway....does anyone else think the bonnet retaining catch is an annoying waste of time and a possible jamming item? Seems to me that if the bonnet were to open it wouldn't flip up unless you were doing 80 in reverse the forward movement air pressure would keep it down. Unless anyone can think of a good reason I will unbolt it tomorrow. Has anyone heard from Earnie? It is there so when you hit the front the bonnet doesnt come up and go through the screen and having seen a few stuffed in the front it does work. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Smith Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Anyway....does anyone else think the bonnet retaining catch is an annoying waste of time and a possible jamming item? Seems to me that if the bonnet were to open it wouldn't flip up unless you were doing 80 in reverse the forward movement air pressure would keep it down. Unless anyone can think of a good reason I will unbolt it tomorrow. It is there so when you hit the front the bonnet doesnt come up and go through the screen and having seen a few stuffed in the front it does work. Stuart. Yes, the bonnet catch is there to hopefully prevent this happening............ Cheers Andrew Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cotswold Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Ok that is a good reason, it stays. Thanks Charles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Bracher Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Mine was missing when I bought the car. Probably removed by the PO, as the catch was there, but the lug had been ground off?? Having heard of a similar event to that described by Stuart, it was on my first 'TR shopping' list! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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