Bonnet too long?

Bit of a weird one here...

Got back from a days playing in Salisbury, got home and tried to pop the bonnet to clean up and found it has gone from very easy to open to needing a good wiggle to open. Now its gone from that to stuck shut...

When it was open, I could see the plate the sprung pin goes into is adjusted as far forward as possible and yet the pin still misses the hole and is further forward still. The pin is fixed solid so can't be adjusted and there is no more adjustment in the plate.

The cable is also now stuck pulled out (as in the trying to open bonnet position) and won't return. Am I being a pillock here or is something majorly wrong?

pushed the slam panel back or worse ?

remove grill and pull cable to pop bonnet then clean lubricate and adjust slam panel

Its taken no impact so I can't see how this has occured, thats my main concern. The bonnet is also 'wonky'. By this I mean that there is a 20mm gap between bonnet and bulkhead drivers side, and about half that passenger side. But I couldn't say if it was like that before or not...

you might be in a better postion to see than us why bonnet jumped forward look at hinges,there supposed to have black plastic bushes holding bonnet in ,why didnt you mention that before its not a quizz

oooo James - do i detect a smidge of frustration here?

Is this because of skipping back end lol

well it seems to happen alot ,you answer using information given ,then they come out with vital piece after

sible88 said:

Is this because of skipping back end lol

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similar start by the look of it

i think yu is beginning to understand why "ffs - :search:" is so common for peeps tht have been here some time. :welcome:

but why wouldnt you think to mention theres a gap at bulkhead

Because some people are on drugs lol

Sible hows your Brake pipe? You fixed it yet? I had a flaring kit on me on the lane but it was a cheapo nasty one. There must have been a reason it fractured unsupported or sumthin'

It could be because I'm on drugs and iz intErnetZ N00b, but its more likely that I only had a spare minute at work in which to type. Yes the black spacers are there.

why the gap between bulkhead and bonnet ,jumed out of hinge ,bracket broken ?

Both brackets fine and inserted correctly.

This aint rocket science...there are only the 2 hinges and the pin at the front...take the bugger off completely and start again.

No ****, never thought of trying that multiple times.

Now you're getting arsey with people trying to help...good luck.

after reading i see that people have given some good advice if you dont want it struggle on on your owne and see how you get on
good luck