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Works on two rubber bungs either side of a central push switch. If the bungs are cold they dont depress as well. The badge will never bend cos its too thick and coated with enamel that would rather crack first. Probably why there are so many cracked chipped badges.
Either warm the bungs with hot water and then depress. Or remove the carpet inside and do up the bolt on either side of the badge until a butterfly fart on the badge would click the switch. End of problem.
Either warm the bungs with hot water and then depress. Or remove the carpet inside and do up the bolt on either side of the badge until a butterfly fart on the badge would click the switch. End of problem.
Julian64 said:
Works on two rubber bungs either side of a central push switch. If the bungs are cold they dont depress as well. The badge will never bend cos its too thick and coated with enamel that would rather crack first. Probably why there are so many cracked chipped badges.
Either warm the bungs with hot water and then depress. Or remove the carpet inside and do up the bolt on either side of the badge until a butterfly fart on the badge would click the switch. End of problem.
Nice one men!!! DOes that not mean if I tighten it to butterfly proportions any snifter of the accelerator will casue immediate boot opening. Good party trick!
FourWheelDrift said:
It can sometimes act as a high speed brake. I remember once mine didn't shut properly (didn't notice) went off all fine but above a certain speed (shifting a bit) the airflow sucked the boot lid open
Well it might not have acted like an air brake but it made me slow down
Had the same thing happen with mine shortly after I got it - was driving up the motorway 'at speed' over quite a bumpy bit of road when I looked in the mirror & all I could see was Avus blue. Made me stop sharpish!
I might not have shut the boot properly, I'm not sure, but that evening I adjusted it a bit to make it harder to open anyway, and I've not had the problem since. I won't be making it any easier to open again, that's for sure!
On the theme of things opening when they shouldn't, checked the oil before going for a blast this morning.
Familiar route which contains a straight of around 1.5 miles, got up to about *** mph, when the bonnet lifted about a foot.. oops forgot to lock the bonnet, silly boy!!!!
Got the brown adrenalin going for a bit.
Familiar route which contains a straight of around 1.5 miles, got up to about *** mph, when the bonnet lifted about a foot.. oops forgot to lock the bonnet, silly boy!!!!
Got the brown adrenalin going for a bit.
FourWheelDrift said:
It can sometimes act as a high speed brake. I remember once mine didn't shut properly (didn't notice) went off all fine but above a certain speed (shifting a bit) the airflow sucked the boot lid open
Well it might not have acted like an air brake but it made me slow down
I had the boot lid ripped off on my 520 Wedge at Goodwood after forgetting to close it. I was doing 130 at the time.
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