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... any work shall be carried with diagnostics connected (driver door and bonnet open) starting with depressurising the system. then magic bottom left ... up to 8,2 Can you give more details on teh o rings? Also how did you release the pressure / bleed it? - Did you have to take it to a dealer / ...

... luckily i've ordered in the spigot bearing, i shall order in the clutch release bearing too. Do you know how many miles the original clutch has done..?? ... rest of the day. Forscan says hydraulic fluid is faulty, also said the bonnet and door switches are shot (yet on the live screen can see them ...

... 3 bolts at each end of the cross member - see vid. If the lock does not release it maybe necessary to cut the area on the top of the bonnet above the top latch bolts. If the bonnet lifts 25 mm or more you may get up under and ...

It doesn’t, you use the key in the grill to open the bonnet turn it anti clockwise to pop it and clockwise to open it fully.

... the barrel ...operate (turn lock) several times whilst pushing on the bonnet a few times. if it then comes loose and opens. you then can get at ... it and free it up and lube it properly. The first turn clockwise should release the bonnet. second turn anticlockwise should release fully. all the ...

... went through like butter. being careful with progress it just touched the bit on the back that turns (the bit the lock turns in the catch) and the bonnet popped up. stopped drilling and in with a screw driver to turn clockwise and it was released

Captain chaos wrote:I can't see the latch or bolts, I can feel the latch ring but can't seeit

Looks like it's been living at the bottom of the ocean, well rusted for sure. I dont envy you.

Lord Knobrot

I can't see the latch or bolts, I can feel the latch ring but can't seeit

Can you see up to where it latches onto the bonnet? If you can maybe it’s worth undoing the 2 10mm (I think) bolts thus detaching ... if your doing away with it anyway you maybe able to access the inner parts to release the latch.

I finally managed to get back on this and nothing would move , won't budge so am I trying to do the correct thing? I used this to try and turn where the groves are and it quite a good fit



Some closer pics

"old 666 was evil" made me laugh.

Thanks for the advice, I have some good quality drill bits (I'm a tool magpie) so should be ok

... it’s only glass fibre so won’t take much to get through, once you fit the pins put a blob of Vaseline or similar on top of the pits and lower the bonnet onto them thus transferring the Vaseline to the bonnet so you know where to drill through, once the holes are made you can close the bonnet and ...

How did you get on opening the bonnet? I miss that van so much, I could write a book on the stress it caused me :lol: :lol: :lol: I'm hoping your thread will answer a lot of my questions. Re the bonnet.... Thanks for asking (and your advice) ...

How did you get on opening the bonnet?

I miss that van so much, I could write a book on the stress it caused me