I've got newer Struts on my other Cars (that are not self locking) but the one thing you can't plan for, is an unexpected 'gust of wind' that can have that heavy bonnet/hood suddenly crash down.

My 'Strut Lock' cost me nothing to make and gives me extra piece of mind when working under the bonnet/hood, so I don't really see why anyone would have a problem with that.

 

I'm glad that someone seems to agree.

Half the fun of having a 'Classic' is making up a 'mod' to solve a problem.

 

I never even knew such things existed but the fact they do is indicating other owners may have come across a similar problem, for which they can now buy a fix.

 

found this on ebay but they want a silly $53 postage, if I remember correctly I had it sent to a friend in Massachusetts and had them forward it on usp, it weighs very little,
8200 Pylon Lift Lock | eBay

 

Many Thanks

For sending that on but unfortunately no image to see what it looks like.

 

Boy RGP, that garage door looks very close........Love those British garages. Still made to this day, to take a car the size of a peanut......

 

lol

it just fits in length ways if the rear rubber is just on the back wall and its deceiving as i can get past between the car and the door (just)

 

this is a Google picture of the pylon lift lock 8200

 

I'm glad someone mentioned berny. THIS is why I mention "why not fix it" instead of making something up.

Everything on his huge website WORKS. but its HORRIBLE. I would be utterly embarrassed to open the hood of a jag and show everyone my soldered copper piping because someone told me it works better than rubber hoses since it won't rot.

There are tons of ghetto things you can do to a car that work, but they all slowly chip away at what makes the car great. You won't see it as you do it to your own, but jump in a fully ghetto modded car and you can tell something is terribly wrong (ask me how i know).

My A pillar trim won't stay up and i can't afford a brand new one (student). So I will wait, rather than put machine screws through it (that would work!) because its not the proper way to repair a car and not something I can be proud of.

I know you argument is that it is an extra safety and your hood shocks (I think?) are still normal working ones, but I don't see the point. I have cheap struts and work on my car all the time and it has never come down. I have worked on my car with very strong gusts of wind (and rain ) and never had any issues before. Maybe buy some uprated ones.

Cleanly adding electric fans to look stock and better cool your cat is modding, a hood prop is a bandaid.

If your lock is just something you pop down in addition to the struts and looks good (unlike anything berny has ever made) then I don't have a problem with that. But your "homemade strut lock" thread and most posts don't suggest that you just want an extra safety mechanism, but rather that the struts don't work and never will. This isn't remotely true and I am strongly opposed to the type of people that feel the know better than mechanical engineers because they see PVC as a good medium for cold air intakes.

So the reason I immediately make a thing out of it is because I cant stand to see someone treat an XJS like a vw beetle. Im not accusing you of this necessarily, but understand that this is where i am coming from.

 

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if you ever have an engine support across the wings for a few weeks you would be daft to think the bonnet stays would hold and not take any precautions to stop the bonnet changing its shape on the support. I wouldn't fit any cheap struts, only jaguar struts, the last 2 lasted me 2 years, they are expensive so never again, hence the support, I have original jaguar struts that will never fail, now. for 8 quid