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Offline Waspy

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Bonnet catch jammed.
« on: 12 January 2015, 17:10 »
Had my bonnet off this weekend, and while I was re-aligning it, it closed. Still unaligned. This has caused the catch to jam on and I can't get the bonnet open.

Brute force won't shift it. The cable is operational, but the catch release simply isn't releasing the catch. No amount of jabbing at it with a screwdriver through the grill shifts it.

I'm running low on ideas. Anyone got any bright ideas?
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Offline sparkplug

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Re: Bonnet catch jammed.
« Reply #1 on: 12 January 2015, 17:27 »
pm sent  :smiley:
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Re: Bonnet catch jammed.
« Reply #2 on: 12 January 2015, 18:53 »
Thanks for the pm, I have replied.

Just to reiterate, the problem does not appear to be with the release mech, it's more like a physical jam. Ie, the catch is physically jammed into the lock. But not completely as I can open it about an inch.
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Quote from: Chuff on 30 November 2013, 22:49
It's a mk2. Fill it, drive it, enjoy it.  :smiley:

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Re: Bonnet catch jammed.
« Reply #3 on: 12 January 2015, 19:45 »
could you loosen the catchplate a few turns with a ratchet ring spanner ?
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Offline Sgt_Lemon

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Re: Bonnet catch jammed.
« Reply #4 on: 12 January 2015, 20:31 »
You could unbolt the slam panel on all but the 4 under the bonnet and see if you get enough flex to move the lock
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