ChrisSZ Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 Came round and helped me fit a nice bunch of blingy bolts and colsoop's chromed bonnet hinges - after I'd put all of his carefully sorted out nuts, bolts etc. on a shelf in my garage which promptly collapsed (the shelf - not the garage!!) spilling all his very tidy bits all over the floor:Pling: Luckily he'd brought Tina along for just such an emergency so we ended up spending 1/2hr on our hands and knees picking the whole lot up again (thank god I'd just cleaned and tidied the garage floor). Cheers dude - you're a star :d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 So how do you fit the hinges then Chris ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSZ Posted August 4, 2006 Author Share Posted August 4, 2006 Hi Col, Actually very simple - remove the three bolts along the top of the wing and the one inside the door shut, gently move the wing outwards and wedge open with a tea towel, remove the bolts holding the hinge to the bonnet and the hinge to the top of the wing, remove the hinge (unclip the washer jet hoses on the left hand side), replace with a nice shiny one, re-assemble in reverse order and repeat on the other side (have someone to help support the bonnet throughout). It should all line up as the bolts have locator shoulders on them :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BURT Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 eh, told ya he'd sort out fella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Nice one Chris and Paul the simple ideas are always the most effective. Now to share this new found knowledge with someone else who needs to fit the hinges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSZ Posted August 4, 2006 Author Share Posted August 4, 2006 Colin, if this other person is replacing the standard bolts with bing ones tell 'em to do as above (to get everything lined up correctly) then replace the standard bolts one at a time :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Came round and helped me fit a nice bunch of blingy bolts and colsoop's chromed bonnet hinges - after I'd put all of his carefully sorted out nuts, bolts etc. on a shelf in my garage which promptly collapsed (the shelf - not the garage!!) spilling all his very tidy bits all over the floor:Pling: Luckily he'd brought Tina along for just such an emergency so we ended up spending 1/2hr on our hands and knees picking the whole lot up again (thank god I'd just cleaned and tidied the garage floor). Cheers dude - you're a star :d No problems fella Glad to be of help It did take us 5 hours, however, to sort out all the nuts and bolts:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSZ Posted September 10, 2006 Author Share Posted September 10, 2006 And again:) - this time we managed not to spill stuff all over the floor or pull any shelves off the wall LOL Cheers again dude - just need to get the other bits done now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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