Winter Mod Finished!

[cb750]

Best winter mod finished! Bonnet converted to centre hinge type giving easy access and only a couple of minutes to lift off.

 

 

 

[fry61]

Is it also fixed to the nose & scuttle?

[tractor]

nice job as always

[cb750]

Yes it's fixed, the difficult part was getting the angle of the brackets correct. To get the bonnet off you undo the front bracket bolt (the knurled part helps you spin the bolt with your fingers) and remove the bracket then slide the bonnet forward lifting up at the same time and the bonnets off.

 

 

[fry61]

Very similar to how we did ours.

[MarkBzero]

Good job, looks perfectly straight and rivets equally spaced.

[emptyat]

I've had the length of hinge for a few years and never dared to tackle the job, so well done. It looks very professional and a job to be proud of!

 

Malcolm

[cb750]

Go for it I know how you feel! This is the way I did it. I covered the bonnet with 75mm wide masking tape to protect it marked the centre line and cut it in half with a 22 tooth hacksaw blade ( I don't trust my angle grinder for this). Refit the bonnet to make sure that it still lines up then took 2 more cuts to allow 8mm for the hinge pin. Cut the hinge to length making sure that the hinge sections are equally balanced and mark out for the rivets or in my case m4 dome head bolts and nuts on the bonnet sections. Drill the holes in the bonnet sections, I used a 4.1 carbide drill in a bench drill, then clamp the sections one at a time to the hinge and drill through. I put nuts and bolts in at about 4 hole intervals as I went to keep everything straight. Dismantle it, slightly countersink all holes and assemble. That's basically how I did it.

[ivorbigun]

nice job,

been thinking about this for a while but I've got a spot welder so should be easier,

how do you locate the sides when closed?

[cb750]

Sides locate exactly like the original bonnet and are held in place with the same catches. Don't know if this photo helps