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Offline croak2012

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Hi,

bonnet opens  from lever and catch but only opens about 2 /3 inches and then something is catching - maybe a safety catch or something..
help

thanks
|Ian

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Re: help -bonnet not opening fully - it opens 2 inches only-- safety catch?
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2017, 08:27:10 pm »
Have you just bought the car and don't know how to open the bonnet? If so feel around middle of bonnet for a release lever.

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Re: help -bonnet not opening fully - it opens 2 inches only-- safety catch?
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2017, 09:28:22 pm »
Have you just bought the car and don't know how to open the bonnet? If so feel around middle of bonnet for a release lever.

Um... no...the release lever does nothing ...

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Re: help -bonnet not opening fully - it opens 2 inches only-- safety catch?
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2017, 10:24:49 pm »
Spray wd40 into the lock and hopefully that will help unstick it

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Re: help -bonnet not opening fully - it opens 2 inches only-- safety catch?
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2017, 01:07:56 pm »
thanks,

Yes ,...sprayed everything with wd40 and had to  press the release handle under the bonnet really hard a few times...
seems ok now

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Re: help -bonnet not opening fully - it opens 2 inches only-- safety catch?
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2017, 01:44:49 pm »
Sorted  :smiley: