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[STEMO]

Nowhere near as easy as my triumph herald. Hinge the whole front end up and climb in with the engine.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Ahhh, it does look it, actually. Viva HC was the same (well, V4) absolutely nothing but a big space, with an engine somehwere in the middle. I swear there was more luggage space under the bonnet than in the boot! 

There is something nice about working on an old car.

I used to love changing the points on my old Triumph.

[Doctor Gollum]

Ahhh, it does look it, actually. Viva HC was the same (well, V4) absolutely nothing but a big space, with an engine somehwere in the middle. I swear there was more luggage space under the bonnet than in the boot! 

There is something nice about working on an old car.

I used to love changing the points on my old Triumph.

Good job too, considering it was a weekly event

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Nowhere near as easy as my triumph herald. Hinge the whole front end up and climb in with the engine.

Every car should have a similar system. Genuis idea, which I'm sure could be made to work today, even with all the safety malarky. The MINI does have a similar affair, actually, with its headlamps and bonnet all-in-one.

[STEMO]

Nowhere near as easy as my triumph herald. Hinge the whole front end up and climb in with the engine.

Every car should have a similar system. Genuis idea, which I'm sure could be made to work today, even with all the safety malarky. The MINI does have a similar affair, actually, with its headlamps and bonnet all-in-one.

'Twas a bit hairy on a windy day. 

[Nick W]

Nowhere near as easy as my triumph herald. Hinge the whole front end up and climb in with the engine.

Every car should have a similar system. Genius idea, which I'm sure could be made to work today, even with all the safety malarky. The MINI does have a similar affair, actually, with its headlamps and bonnet all-in-one.

It's OK on a small car, but hardly genius. Just like all front hinging bonnets, working at the front of the engine compartment is a pain. Making such a large 'structure' fit properly isn't easy either, even on an E-type getting the panel fit to stay right is difficult; on the notoriously floppy small Triumphs it is largely a waste of time.


Hinging the bonnet at the scuttle is the most practical option, especially if it's propped up with gas struts. The last five cars I had without them were soon converted.

[aaronjb]

My old Renault 5 GT Turbo had a front hinged bonnet. About the first thing you did every time you worked on it was unbolt the damn thing*

*OK, I did that once. Snapped all the tiny little M6 studs off and it was forever more held on by bonnet pins.. that made removal much easier although I did look a bit of a pillock doing it in South Mimms services 

[Diamond Black Geezer]

ah, but older BMWs Saabs, and a fair few others used to proudly have front hinged bonnets, which I believe was a rallying-derived idea, in case the catch fails, you don't get wind tearing the thing up into your windscreen. Just look at the vast number of modded chavmobiles with 'racing style' catches on the bonnet, the VXR-brigade seem to live in constant paranoia of the bonnet whipping up! 

[Webby the Bear]

Having done this job as a cough cough 'professional'  for almost 2 years now I have changed filters on a lot of cars now.

Removing the glove box is quite common to get to the filters. Eg Astras, Hondas, nissans etc. however I find that its the difficulty of removing the glove box that gets you.

Some Hondas you simply open glove box, press in glove box sides and flip down revealing your prize. The aforementioned Astra g has 4 torx. Pull GB out, disconnect courtesy gb light and again your prize is there. Insignias (iirc) is the same but you have to pry off the side panel to get to a stupid hidden screw.

The easiest filter ever is ironically a pegouet (307, maybe 308, can't remember). But you open the bonnet and the filter you can see in the scuttle area, no parts to remove, pick up old filter and fit new. 20 second job!!!

Mazda and fords of 06 (perhaps?) vintage you have to drop the fuse box in passenger footwell, remove 2 x 13mm to remove fuse box holding bracket then bend your arm in 3 different directions at the same time to get to the 5.5mm bolts. Time consuming but not too bad.

I could go on.....so I will.....

The worst pollen filter in the world is the Renault grand scenic. Clutch pedal out. Steering column dropped with its cowling. Remove prt of centre console and you JUST have enough access to get the filter out. But if that wasn't bad enough the filter is twice the size of the housing. Utterly stupid.

Shitroen c3 and pugs with the 1.6hdi engine (ie most of them) have a nice pull out plastic cover. Easy.

The Renault capture had a surprisingly easy one in the pass foot well.

Easiest though in general over the make range is vw and Audi. Pass foot well. Pull down foam cover. Pull out plastic cover. Old out new in. Bish bash bosh

Any more info needed I'll be here all week 

[Webby the Bear]

Oh and bmw ones good. Big panel right over the top of the scuttle. 6 x 8mm bolts. Done. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Oh and bmw ones good. Big panel right over the top of the scuttle. 6 x 8mm bolts. Done. 

Except that the E39 has two of them

[aaronjb]

Oh and bmw ones good. Big panel right over the top of the scuttle. 6 x 8mm bolts. Done. 

Except that the E39 has two of them

And E63/64 .. despite the "service kit" I bought only coming with one of them.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Any why did they change from simple clips to about a dozen little screws for the Air Filter cover on Omegas? [in a Peter Kay style - ] "what were that all about?" 

[Doctor Gollum]

Any why did they change from simple clips to about a dozen little screws for the Air Filter cover on Omegas? [in a Peter Kay style - ] "what were that all about?" 

Garlic. On toast. Whatever next

[Webby the Bear]

Oh and bmw ones good. Big panel right over the top of the scuttle. 6 x 8mm bolts. Done. 

Except that the E39 has two of them

Yeah. Many variations. Corsa d today. Easy pass foot well.