Unusual Bonnet problem
Unusual Bonnet problem
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mwtryan

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101 posts

267 months

Tuesday 11th January 2005
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The funniest thing has happened to my Chim 500 - the moulded cross brace under the bonnet has come away from the bonnet top - resulting in the bonnet top now sporting a much more "curved" appearance in the middle - rather Tuscan like, and now sits higher than it did before.

The cross brace is still attached at all 4 corners but has pulled away from about 10 inches in, leaving a gap of about 1.6 inches between the centre of the cross brace and bonnet top. The cross-brace looks like it is still in the original position

The funny thing is it looks BETTER!

However I don't know if this will cause any sort of under-bonnet problem (heat dissipation / flow etc).

I would be really interested to know if this has happened to anyone else and if so how did they fix it?

I would imagine that the cross-brace was bonded to the bonnet top originally and that this bonding agent gave way to a certain degree.

I do have a pic but don't know how to post in on the website - can anyone advise please.

stegefal

196 posts

260 months

Tuesday 11th January 2005
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Bonnet, no idea, photo I can help.

Your photo needs to be online, a lot of users take advantage of a free service @ www.fotango.com

You upload your photos to the albums then use the format codes, to the left of your reply box, to pinpoint the photo url (web address).

Hope that helped a little. Sorry I dont know about the bonnet!