My 1986 German marketed V12 SIII Sovereign has them on both hinges. Works like a charm...


Front left bonnet hinge with gas strut.


Better view of the mounting position on the left front hinge.


Deep down beside the radiator, the other end of the strut...

 

Wonder if any of this stuff is among David Boger's collection ?


No more springs, no more monkey motion thing. Neat.


And, I wonder if Jaguar included the lower tapped hole in all the cars.
Would make the install a lot easier.


Alas, my car's battery was down. I was going to exercise it a bit on errands +. I'd not driven it. Hot and no AC!!! Charger brought it to 100% in about three hours. Am I going battery shopping soon!!!


Carl

 

Wow. Dutch-cat, that is the definitive solution. I will now be working on finding a way to anchor the bottom down in that tight space. I also want to complement you on the excellent photography. How did you get the super clear photo of the bottom anchor? Perfectly illuminated and everything in focus.

 

The car came with the struts attached like this.
Can't possibly imagine that this is not original, because the previous owners all were business men with no technical skills whatsoever.

About the photo's: they were made with, believe it or not, a $75,- Canon Ixus 175 pocket camera. Just steady hands i guess... ;-)

 

Anyone find a part number for those? Right angle bracket almost looks generic. That bottom hole may be a bear...
Dutch, did you upload those pics directly to JF from your computer? Or a turd party host ...sorry, still pissed at photobucket.

 

I uploaded the photo's directly from my computer, unedited.

SNG Barratt have the parts:

- struts: partnumber JLM21457
- ball pin (lower mounting point): partnumber BCC3664
- support bracket LH: BBC4473 (not available at Barratt)
- support bracket RH: BBC4472 (available at Barratt)

Barratt use the original part numbers where ever possible, so finding the LH bracket somewhere else shouldn't be that much of a problem.