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Email: mw.ed@kelsey.co.uk
Post: MiniWorld Q&A, Kelsey Publishing Ltd, The Granary, Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Yalding, Kent, ME18 6AL, UK
Tim Mundy has worked on Minis since the age of 13. In the 1990s he worked for Oselli Engineering and has been writing for MiniWorld for 27 years. He has owned more than 20 Minis and built two from scratch.
Bonnet not secure
I am having some issues with the bonnet lock on my 1978 Mini. I have fitted a new bonnet after something fell on the original and dented it. The fit of the new bonnet is good – quite a bit better than the original, but I am now finding that the bonnet will not stay latched. It actually opens and shuts okay, but if I push it down slightly or move it sideways a little after it has latched, the bonnet pops open again.
