MY and L's at least - the bonnet stay

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:46 pm

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. !

Lapsed · Post by **Lapsed** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:03 pm

my sister has a 2001 forester and it also has that unique feature.

stamp_licker · Post by **stamp_licker** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:12 pm

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.

Post by **Alex** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:38 pm

arent subaru nifty thinkers

alex

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 3:58 pm

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)

Post by **Alex** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:22 pm

or the stereo in a l-series...wtf were they thinking!?

alex

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:23 pm

is this another thing to add to the uniquely subaru stuff? have you seen it in any other car?

theclick · Post by **theclick** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:03 pm

Alex wrote:or the stereo in a l-series...wtf were they thinking!?

alex

i hear ya with that one

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:25 pm

put it under the seat with the power this and that controllers already down under there

daza · Post by **daza** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:06 pm

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.

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:16 pm

libs the same. very handy

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:27 pm

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

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:11 pm

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.

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:34 pm

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.