frustrated
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G'day folks,
Over the years I have been seriously fed up with the bonnet closing on me when working on the car, the last straw was when the bonnet slammed shut and the retaining hook when straight through my digital multimeter. So ...
I thought I would share with you'all my simple solution to sagging bonnet gas struts: put a piece of PC pipe over the struts. If you cut the pipe to the right length, it nicely engages when you open the bonnet. And it is easy to release by pushing it appropriately after taking the strain off. The pipe can be readily installed by removing the gas strut at the top, and slipping the pipe over.
A picture, attached, is worth a thousand words.
Michael
Over the years I have been seriously fed up with the bonnet closing on me when working on the car, the last straw was when the bonnet slammed shut and the retaining hook when straight through my digital multimeter. So ...
I thought I would share with you'all my simple solution to sagging bonnet gas struts: put a piece of PC pipe over the struts. If you cut the pipe to the right length, it nicely engages when you open the bonnet. And it is easy to release by pushing it appropriately after taking the strain off. The pipe can be readily installed by removing the gas strut at the top, and slipping the pipe over.
A picture, attached, is worth a thousand words.
Michael