Hood stop tool
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11-21-2017 | 10:30 PM
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11-22-2017 | 06:25 AM
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Welcome to Jaguar Forums Lennie,
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Good to have you with us.
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Welcome to the forum Lennie,
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Good to have you with us at Jaguar forums.
Follow this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xjs-x27-32/ to the XJS forum for help, advice and information. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top is a good place to start for information on regular issues.
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11-23-2017 | 12:08 PM
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Welcome neighbor. I go to car shows every weekend and one of my classics has its original nitrogen gas filled hood struts that still work inside the garage, but are too weak to resist a gust of wind outdoors. I've seen all sorts of things used to prop open a hood at a car show, from broom handles, to big wrenches, to baseball bats to toy guns. I'd rather have something stealthy. Its not a rat rod and its all original. To keep the hood from being blown down on an unsuspecting spectator, I came up with a nearly invisible solution.
In the plumbing section of most any hardware store, they sell semi-rigid black poly tubing for irrigation systems. Usually they have like 18" or 24" straight tubes for less than a $1. I cut it to the length of the chrome strut tube rod and then slit it lengthwise down one side. I cut a little v notch at the ends of the slit. When I open the hood at a car show, I pop the irrigation tube over the chrome strut rod and then the hood won't come down. When the car show is over, I remove the irrigation tube and close the hood. Been using it for ten years or so and not yet has anyone even noticed my safety hood support that I know of.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/DIG-1-2-...30-2/204758575
In the plumbing section of most any hardware store, they sell semi-rigid black poly tubing for irrigation systems. Usually they have like 18" or 24" straight tubes for less than a $1. I cut it to the length of the chrome strut tube rod and then slit it lengthwise down one side. I cut a little v notch at the ends of the slit. When I open the hood at a car show, I pop the irrigation tube over the chrome strut rod and then the hood won't come down. When the car show is over, I remove the irrigation tube and close the hood. Been using it for ten years or so and not yet has anyone even noticed my safety hood support that I know of.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/DIG-1-2-...30-2/204758575