I have read several times the correct way to close a series III bonnet involves pulling up on the grill. My feeble mind just can not picture how to do that. Does anyone have a video clip of the operation? Or a step by step detailed procedure? Thanks for your help.

 

it is cool looking. provided the springs are still attached and the pins aligned correctly, if you grab the chrome grill below the emblem and pull up while pushing toward the windshield, it'll close beautifully.

 

Exactly.

And it'll close *evenly*

Cheers
DD

 

Exactly. Fingers under the top bar of the grille, and lift. Weight and gravity will do the rest.

 

I sometimes even give it a little help with a knee strategically placed just in the middle.
I cringe when I see the uneducated push on the middle somewhere!
(';')

 

what? I always close my hood by pushing it down hard at the rear center and SLAM! By rear center I mean the edge closest to the wipers.

You guys must be kidding right ? I never heard of that.

do you think I am going to WALK to to the front of the car to pull up on the grille? it is too far, I can shut it positively slamming it from the rear.

 

I suspect many misaligned hinges are the result of incorrect closing.

 

. . . and even more so, unless closed as suggested (another good reason to read Owners Manual) look for tell-tale chipping of one or both rear corners of the bonnet and inner rear corners of guards.

. . . and hey, Jose, even with a V12 under the bonnet, it's not more than 2 or 3 steps to do it correctly, or perhaps it is you kidding us, eh?

Cheers,

Ken

 

Oh,oh, Elinor is cringing!


I'm with Jose, sorta. I do walk around to the front of the car. A strong push in the middle usually seats both pins.


I will admit to a barely aligned bonnet.


The springs are in place. The pins well lubed. The latter helps a lot.


I've heard of using the "Leaper" as a lever or convenient handle to close the bonnet.


I suspect Dr. Andrachuk's treatise, "Jaguar Care" covers the proper way. I've not looked at it for a very long time. I should.


Cold is much better. I pushed it a bit yesterday. Back slid. Was "admonished" by my kids.


Carl

 

If you have not read it, I highly recommend it. I have it downloaded to my tablet and re-read it every year while on vacation. It always makes me a better Jaguar owner.

 

This great document is available to download at not cost. The actual title is "Jagcare III" Just Google that title and you will find it on that other Jaguar forum. Our own Doug Dwyer got an acknowledgement in the into for scanning photos for the book.

 

I remember !

'Long about 1997, when I was a Jaguar newbie with a Series III, I had the good fortune of going to an ABFM and being placed next to Gregory on the field. A wonderful fellow and he sorta of took me under his wing that day. He walked me all around my car teaching me things....and continues to do so.

He's responsible for some of the most drop-dead gorgeous Jags you ever see, especially Series IIIs.

Cheers
DD

 

Yup, I've never met him in person, but we've 'talked" on Jaguar stuff and more. He sure has my respect.


We do see his posts here from time to time. Wish they were more often.


Carl

 

i'm going to shoot a video showing how I have been slamming my hood-bonnet for the 28 years the car has been in my possesion and no misalignment, nada, zero, zilch. I like the thunk it makes when I slam it.

 

I close mine the way I do (and instruct any who might have occasion to do same) because the paint is Never touched!

I open it (after popping latches) by Only handling the safety hook at the rear (also instructing workers to do same), and thus Never touch the paint!

You won't find anyone sitting on my fenders either or leaning against doors, leaving rivet scratches from their Levis.
(';')

 

rivet scratches?

what about zippered rear pockets? The zipper causes more damage than the rivet!

What I'm trying to do is to electrify mine when it is parked so if anyone touches their body to it, they are zapped.

But I need to find a way to lower the voltage to 3 volts, so that nobody gets a 12-volt zap. Just enough to warn them.

 

Dad's brother did that in his misspent youth; hotted up his car so if anyone touched it they got zapped.

He wouldn't tell me how he did it though. Drat!
And he died while I was in college.

This is the Backwater of Fashion, Jose, No One here is so up to date as to have zippered back pockets.
(';')

 

the girls in Florida always have zippered pockets in the rear. That does not mean that I'm always looking at their behinds you know. I wouldn't do that.

but there must be a way to electrify the car, and it has to be automatic, so that when I lock the driver's door, it is activated.

a company named Eastwood Restoration sells electrification kits that are supposedly to prevent rust in stored cars. That might be a start.

 

If yer not always looking, then how do you know they always have zippered back pockets??
(';')

 

Lol. I happily admit to admiring a nice rear, one of life's harmless pleasures. I may even pass a discreet comment about particularly impressive examples, such as: "get a load of those stunning tail lights"....