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Posted by: oakdalecurtis Mar 26 2017, 04:02 AM
Simple idea. I installed a steel cable from a screw eye in the engine bay to a screw eye on the engine lid. I put a snap on one end of the cable just in case I have to move it to work on anything in the engine bay. The cable is just long enough to allow full opening of the engine lid but no more. I can pop the engine lid from in the cabin and I no longer have to hold my hand on the lid to keep it from opening too hard and bending or breaking the hinges. Works great!
Posted by: jim_hoyland Mar 26 2017, 09:22 AM
Great idea 
What is the round thing mounted to the Bottom of the engine lid ?
Posted by: Tbrown4x4 Mar 26 2017, 09:25 AM
Fire suppression. Forgot the name. There is a thread or two on here.
Posted by: db9146 Mar 26 2017, 09:37 AM
Blazecut Fire Suppression
Posted by: jeffdon Mar 26 2017, 09:50 AM
Simple idea. I installed a steel cable from a screw eye in the engine bay to a screw eye on the engine lid. I put a snap on one end of the cable just in case I have to move it to work on anything in the engine bay. The cable is just long enough to allow full opening of the engine lid but no more. I can pop the engine lid from in the cabin and I no longer have to hold my hand on the lid to keep it from opening too hard and bending or breaking the hinges. Works great!
Been thinking of this for ages, exepct I was going to use some fairly heavy shock cord.
Posted by: oakdalecurtis Mar 26 2017, 11:04 AM
Simple idea. I installed a steel cable from a screw eye in the engine bay to a screw eye on the engine lid. I put a snap on one end of the cable just in case I have to move it to work on anything in the engine bay. The cable is just long enough to allow full opening of the engine lid but no more. I can pop the engine lid from in the cabin and I no longer have to hold my hand on the lid to keep it from opening too hard and bending or breaking the hinges. Works great!
Been thinking of this for ages, exepct I was going to use some fairly heavy shock cord.
Yep, Blazecut Fire Suppression system, cheap fire insurance. I supported the tightly curved area with a split electrical pvc pipe curve to keep it from kinking there. Here's a pic of it installed.
Posted by: fiberglass1inc Mar 26 2017, 03:35 PM
Great idea! My right side bracket has peeled away from the firewall so I've been considering making a mold of the bracket (in place) and the landing area of the firewall. Then a carbon/glass part can be made to straddle the top, and bolted to the firewall on each side of the bracket to take some of the stress off of the weld.
Posted by: oakdalecurtis Mar 26 2017, 04:11 PM
Great idea! My right side bracket has peeled away from the firewall so I've been considering making a mold of the bracket (in place) and the landing area of the firewall. Then a carbon/glass part can be made to straddle the top, and bolted to the firewall on each side of the bracket to take some of the stress off of the weld.
No need to go to all that effort. Just reweld the existing bracket to the firewall one time and install a control cable. You don't have to hold the cover anymore when you release it, and you won't ever have to fix the hinges again!
Posted by: Elliot Cannon Mar 26 2017, 04:34 PM
I cut one of the torsion bars off of mine. Now when I pop the engine lid, it only opens a few inches.
Posted by: oakdalecurtis Mar 26 2017, 07:01 PM
I cut one of the torsion bars off of mine. Now when I pop the engine lid, it only opens a few inches.
Elliot, do you have to hold it up when you work in the engine bay then?
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