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I use the Axis bolts method. Saves all the realigning!
Does require 2 people though.
I also have a hoist that fits under the bonnet to fish out the engine. I remove the two struts and wipers and lift the bonnet higher, carefully avoiding damaging the the scuttle. I use two strong props to hold the bonnet up.

I need to re-wrap sections of the looms on both my Sprite and my Morris and would like to find suitable fabric tape that is as close a match to the original as possible.

There is plenty of PVC, amalgamating and self-adhesive tape available but it is all single colour and I would prefer something striped and non-adhesive.

The links I've found in the archive are either no longer ac...

Thanks Dave not sure about giving reg number out on internet but it starts with MMY and has chrome wire wheels Thanks.

I like the bungee idea. The thought of that cumbersome bonnet hovering gracefully above the hinges, ballerina like, and awaiting the thrust of that first hinge bolt - well, what can surpass that!

I too have tried undoing the hinges from beneath the scuttle but I just found access awkward to say the least. I did get the bolts out, but relocating them defeated me, working alone.

I ...

A bit more information might be needed.

What's the reg?

Do you have a photo?

I can enquire with Notts & Derbys MASC group.

After a abstance of 7 years ive reacently acquired a Mk 2 midget 1965 in cream with red seats the car has had a very good restoration about12 to 15 years ago ive no history of the car only that it has had mot in the past in derbyshire and think first reg liverpool just thinking anyone on here knows the car? so as to get more history of it .

Very interesting. I wish I'd put screws through the hinge and bonnet plates. But I'm relying on masking tape, cut through at the hinge plate edges.

I love the use of bungees, though. If you get the tension right, the back edge of the bonnet rises gently as you take the last bolts out. Putting it back, the back edge hovers above the hinges, and you just pull it gently down and put the bolt...

The brake cylinder has a 'slow release' or restrictor valve on it's output. This allows fluid to flow rapidly out of the master but only slowly return from the lines i.e. from the calipers and wheel cylinders. This allows you to 'pump up' the brakes if there is air in the system or the handbrake is very badly adjusted, instead of the pedal going to the floor every time you pumped the pedal. The...

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Fortunately many years ago I found out what a pain it is removing the steel Frogeye bonnet and made myself an engine crane short enough to lift the engine out without disturbing the bonnet.

However others might want to try the ‘two man lift’.

Remove the axis bolts from the hinges under the bulkhead. With a man each side lift the bonnet away in an upward curve to bring the hin...