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Re: Bonnet handle
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 12:15 am
by Bill_qaz
So the piece of string attached mine running through the pulley block in garage roof and then to the garage door that lifts the bonnet when I open said garage door was missold to me at a morris minor auto bonnet lift
it's in fact an ornament puĺler
Re: Bonnet handle
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 7:36 am
by svenedin
Bill_qaz wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 12:15 am
So the piece of string attached mine running through the pulley block in garage roof and then to the garage door that lifts the bonnet when I open said garage door was missold to me at a morris minor auto bonnet lift
it's in fact an ornament puĺler
I thought it was not recommended to use the handle/ornament/flash for a bonnet lifting rope. It isn’t robust enough. It’s safer to have a rope that loops under the bonnet.
Re: Bonnet handle
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 10:41 am
by Bill_qaz
svenedin wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 7:36 am
Bill_qaz wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 12:15 am
So the piece of string attached mine running through the pulley block in garage roof and then to the garage door that lifts the bonnet when I open said garage door was missold to me at a morris minor auto bonnet lift
it's in fact an ornament puĺler
I thought it was not recommended to use the handle/ornament/flash for a bonnet lifting rope. It isn’t robust enough. It’s safer to have a rope that loops under the bonnet.
That's why it's string not rope, the weakest link, a mechanical fuse
Re: Bonnet handle
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 10:50 am
by svenedin
Bill_qaz wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 10:41 am
svenedin wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 7:36 am
Bill_qaz wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 12:15 am
So the piece of string attached mine running through the pulley block in garage roof and then to the garage door that lifts the bonnet when I open said garage door was missold to me at a morris minor auto bonnet lift
it's in fact an ornament puĺler
I thought it was not recommended to use the handle/ornament/flash for a bonnet lifting rope. It isn’t robust enough. It’s safer to have a rope that loops under the bonnet.
That's why it's string not rope, the weakest link, a mechanical fuse
On your head be it!
Re: Bonnet handle
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 11:12 am
by myoldjalopy
Bill_qaz wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 12:15 am
So the piece of string attached mine running through the pulley block in garage roof and then to the garage door that lifts the bonnet when I open said garage door was missold to me at a morris minor auto bonnet lift
it's in fact an ornament puĺler
Sounds a bit of a Heath Robinson arrangement - unless this is another leg-pull..........
Re: Bonnet handle
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 1:47 pm
by Bill_qaz
myoldjalopy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 11:12 am
Bill_qaz wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 12:15 am
So the piece of string attached mine running through the pulley block in garage roof and then to the garage door that lifts the bonnet when I open said garage door was missold to me at a morris minor auto bonnet lift
it's in fact an ornament puĺler
Sounds a bit of a Heath Robinson arrangement - unless this is another leg-pull..........
It's a bonnet pull not a leg pull
sorry it was a few days late in posting but it is still April
Re: Bonnet handle
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 4:53 pm
by Classiccars
You could tie things to it and have them flutter in the wind.Or a flag on a post.It could become know as the uses bar
Re: Bonnet handle
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 5:12 pm
by myoldjalopy
Bill_qaz wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 1:47 pm
myoldjalopy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 11:12 am
Bill_qaz wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 12:15 am
So the piece of string attached mine running through the pulley block in garage roof and then to the garage door that lifts the bonnet when I open said garage door was missold to me at a morris minor auto bonnet lift
it's in fact an ornament puĺler
Sounds a bit of a Heath Robinson arrangement - unless this is another leg-pull..........
It's a bonnet pull not a leg pull
sorry it was a few days late in posting but it is still April
Oh dear, don't say we now have to endure an April Fool's
Month now, along with all the rest of them!