How To Use The Bonnet 'stand'

[Guest Andrea]

again i'm asking silly questions, but this really is daft. i needed to put water in the screenwash this morning, after much fiddling about i found the catch to release the bonnet. but then i couldnt get the 'stand' down to hold the bonnet up (so i held it up with one hand and put the water in with the other). I could not for the life of me work out how to get the stand off its 'moorings' under the bonnet, and really didnt wanna tug at it too much in case i broke it....how do you do it!

 

this is my first car btw, i used to think i was a clever person, but for the past day, this car has made me look nothing but stupid!....not to mention i tried to put water in the tyres last night :unsure: :huh:

[techbod]

the arm should only clip in at one end could it be frozen due to the bad weather?

[Guest Andrea]

the arm should only clip in at one end could it be frozen due to the bad weather?

 

really not too sure, i dont think so, but tell me this, is the free end of the arm (ie the detachable bit) at the middle of the bonnet or on the right? maybe that's where my problem lies, not sure which end i should be wrestling with :unsure:

[techbod]

it will be the end as one side is locked in and the other will have a plastic clip holding it there ive been trying to get a picture of it for you but it seems to be hard to find

[techbod]

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr53/techbod/Best_Sub_1.jpg

 

hopfully this will help

[Guest Andrea]

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr53/techbod/Best_Sub_1.jpg

 

hopfully this will help

 

thanks for that, its kinda hard to picture since am sitting in the office at the mo, think i'll skip out at break and have another look cos it'll bug me sitting in work not knowing how to do it!

[Guest Andrea]

hi, problem sorted, it was as i thought, but just needed a bit of a pull, couldnt see it properly this morning and didnt want to break anything....thanks again :unsure:

[techbod]

that's good its always better to familiarise your self with any new car

[Guest Andrea]

that's good its always better to familiarise your self with any new car

 

and it only took me nearly 3 months to get round to it!

[techbod]

well a little advice then ( when you get a bloke assuming your female of course ) always check the depth of his heart before you commit to anything :unsure: same as buying a car they can be expensive when you don't :huh: and vic-verca of course :)

[Martin_1973_uk]

So how do you check the depth of a guys heart when most of us don't have one!!!!!!!!!

 

Water in the tyre's, I think you had better leave the technical stuff up to the guys, ha ha.

[ColinC1]

Now you have sorted that, he, he.

 

Here is a common problem, easily solved....

 

have a look at the engine bay after a rain downpour.

 

Is the top of the engine full of rain water drips?, the battery?, the electrics?, the rest of the engine bay ?

 

if so then you will have a poor seal along the back of the engine bay, that seals to the bonnet.

 

The answer is silicon grease smeared along the lengh of the rubber seal in the engine bay.

 

Use RS components tube of grease, part 494-124 or get some from a plumbers merchants.

 

never use vasaline as that would rot the seal.

 

I had this problem of a wet engine bay, but it is now dry as I smear some gease on every 6 months.

[techbod]

So how do you check the depth of a guys heart when most of us don't have one!!!!!!!!!

 

Water in the tyre's, I think you had better leave the technical stuff up to the guys, ha ha.

 

the depth of the heart it what you can get away with :)

 

water in the tyres :unsure: ill lend you my glasses :huh: