Hi Mark,
For years I have used this method of unhooking the spring.
I have a 400mm long 10mm wide cable tie, the end pushed into the lock to form an elongated loop about 150 to 200mm long. This is placed over the spring and drops down by the bottom of the rad.
When I want to unhook the spring, from the right side of the car, with the right hand I reach down to the cable tie and position it under the hook alongside the bonnet clip. Then, with the left hand (resting on the top of the radiator) I take the strain of the spring. With the right hand, I pull the hook out from the bonnet clip, then gently allow the spring to relax. The cable tie tends to stay on the spring and is retained when the spring is hooked to the bonnet.
As they say “Replacement is the reversal of the procedure outlined above.”
Once you get the hang of using it, it is a quick and easy, safe way to remove the bonnet spring.
Graham
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