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MG MGF Technical - My hood's stuck!

I must be the only MG driver to have spent the whole of the glorious sunny weekend with the top up! Its always been a bit temperamental, but since the winter, my MGF's hood has seized completely. WD40, praying and jiggling have done no good - any tips please?
Louise Holder

Is it just locking up? http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dotcomoff/home/motoring/mgf_faq/gen/car_care/hood/hood_tips.html#lockups
Tim Jenner

Hmm, not sure. Mine gets stuck about half way down, but I'll try pushing on the central bar as suggested and see what happens. Thanks for the tip.
Louise Holder

Half way down - almost certainly a lock up! Mine did the same, either push the bar up (99% chance that'll sort it) or for a more permanant fix have a look here: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tim.jenner/tf_hood_recall.htm

Tim.
Tim Jenner

I had the same problem with my F. I've owned it nearly a month, the hood never seemed to go all the way down, just halfway, probably because it had been sitting outside all winter. The way I get it down is the let it down halfway, the lift it gently and push it down a bit more, sometimes it doesn't budge but try lifting it back up a few inches and letting it down really slowly does the job for mine.
Emma Jackman @ Work

With mine, it drops to maybe 70 degrees from horizontal, then I have to lift it again three inches and rotate a thinner roof bar out of the way (anticlockwise) of the heavier frontal roof bar. You *could* force it past this, but it requires no effort to lift it out of the way.

HTH

Jamie
J Wakeham

Thanks again, this sounds really promising. I was beginning to think I'd have to take it to the dreaded dealer! I'll try it tonight, rain permitting.
Louise Holder

This thread was discussed on 27/04/2004

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