mondeo bonnet release

maybe buy a new catch assembly as well and adjust it properly so that it locks and unlocks easily, if the rubber stops are too high then it is difficult to close and difficult to release.

Do you fancy having your bonnet smeared over the windscreen when you're driving along the motorway, suddenly no longer able to see where you're going? :-)

Bonnet catches are worth taking care with - the consequences of them failing are scary.

OTOH it ought to be possible to arrange a suitable length of thin rope to tie it down temporarily.

Does that still happen with modern cars? Had it happen to me in the 60s and shit meself. Think the wind used to lift them and maybe modern cars aerodynamics push bonnets down with speed.

I haven't seen it for years, maybe 25 or so. I remember very vividly when the bonnet came up on that P6 Rover, we were travelling at around

90 on a motorway, when there seemed to be an explosion as the bonnet came up and wrapped itself over and into the roof, blowing out a side window with the impact, happily the driver did not panic and managed to safely negotiate to the hard shoulder looking through the very narrow gap at the bottom edge of the screen. We had a job to get out due to the damage!, some jumping on the bonnet made it sort of fit, we then cut some fencing wire and punched holes to tie the bonnet down, then continued our day out.

All cars have low pressure over most of the bonnet, that will suck an improperly shut bonnet up. There is a small high pressure zone in front of the windscreen, this pushes air though the heater. There are uneducated people that raise the back of the bonnet to "let the hot air out". It doesn't do that but pushes cold air in. That may be good for under bonnet temps but it also reduces the pressure drop that pushes air though the radiator so engine cooling is reduced. Please feel free to point at them and laugh.

I've seen a car on M-way hard shoulder with a flipped bonnet in the last

2-3 years. Less than 10 years old.

What they do have since the mid 80's is hooks at the back to make the bonnet fold up when the car is crashed, so it doesn't get rammed back though the screen and slice your head off.

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It happened to me once in an original BL Mini on the M62. Fortunately, no accident happened but I needed a change of pants afterwards.

Thanks. I've known about old cars with the stab ya heart stearing wheels, and now windscreens that slice off heads. Very Omen.

Are there any other props from the horror film industry that either made it into car production or began a life there?

BTDTGTTS in a MK1 Golf. Don't risk it.

It happened to me in a Mk 2 Cortina. Giving it plenty going to work at 3am in the pissing down rain. Got out and tied the bonnet down with a bit of cord, one had to carry most things in them dark days. The bonnet remained tied down until I sold the rot box. Mk 2 Cortinas had a reputation for failing bonnet catches, amongst other things.

Thanks for all of the replies. I have the new cable but haven't got round to fitting it yet. As it failed inside, in the foot well, I have been able to shut the bonnet securely and can release it by pulling the remains of the cable (in the foot well) with pliers when he time come, so don't worry about me driving on the catch, I was only asking! I'm glad I did though because I assumed the catch would have been stronger. Still I suppose at 70mph the forces are quite great.

Thanks again, Stephen.