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MY and L's at least - the bonnet stay
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:46 pm
by steptoe
the bonnet stay has two uses. one to hold up bonnet for most cases, but the sneaky one i did not know about was that if you remove stay from body at front and stick that end in a hole on a bracket on suspension tower of same side you then use the hole and bump next to the normal hole in bonnet. This holds bonnet back far enough to get engine out. I always used a bit of rope. !
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:03 pm
by Lapsed
my sister has a 2001 forester and it also has that unique feature.
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:12 pm
by stamp_licker
SWK showed me that trick a couple of weeks ago when he loaned me a motor,before that i used to tie the bonnet back to the roof racks.
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:38 pm
by Alex
arent subaru nifty thinkers
alex
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 3:58 pm
by steptoe
yes , but sometimes you do wonder if the engineers go to the factory holiday camps with the assembly workers (EA82T outer turbo heat shield lower inner bolt- not an easy task from above)
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:22 pm
by Alex
or the stereo in a l-series...wtf were they thinking!?
alex
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:23 pm
by Subafury
is this another thing to add to the uniquely subaru stuff? have you seen it in any other car?
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:03 pm
by theclick
Alex wrote:or the stereo in a l-series...wtf were they thinking!?
alex
i hear ya with that one
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:25 pm
by steptoe
put it under the seat with the power this and that controllers already down under there
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:06 pm
by daza
jono wrote:the bonnet stay has two uses. one to hold up bonnet for most cases, but the sneaky one i did not know about was that if you remove stay from body at front and stick that end in a hole on a bracket on suspension tower of same side you then use the hole and bump next to the normal hole in bonnet. This holds bonnet back far enough to get engine out. I always used a bit of rope. !
94 Impreza.
Daza.
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:16 pm
by vincentvega
libs the same. very handy
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:27 pm
by Matatak
old outbacks seem the same as the lib photo (are essentially the same car)
i tried it on mine today aswell
so so so sooooo much better
to bad i cant do it on every car at work lol
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:11 pm
by AndrewT
I like how L series wagons have the little hidden thread in the floor of the boot which means you can propperly secure a second spare wheel there.
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:34 pm
by Suby Wan Kenobi
The L series radio bit is more sign of the times as when they where released a CD player wasnt even around and hi end tape players where only about the same size as what come out of the L anyway.
As with anything made on a production line seldom do the component assembly groups ever seem to show that they where both on the same page on the same day.