It's actually not a brace. It's designed to catch on a bracket on the firewall in case of a head on accident to prevent the bonnet from driving backwards into the passenger compartment. Without the bracket, you really have no reason to keep the brace.
I don't know what size battery Triumph originally used in the later models. I do know that a lot of people buy a smaller size battery than 'The Book' says to avoid contact with the brace. Greg Rowe >From: "Ken C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Ken C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Spit Elist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Battery problem >Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 20:35:51 -0800 > >An interesting problem with my 'hybrid' 1972 MK IV which is just about >ready >to go back on the road. I'm using a bonnet from a '79. The new bonnet has >additional cross-bracing up around the outside corners. One brace falls >ever-so-nicely right on the battery positive terminal. Not a good thing ! I >turned the battery 180 degrees, same problem, different part of the brace. >I >guess I could remove the brace, the original '72 bonnet didn't have it. >But, >a question, what kind of battery came with the '79's and didn't have this >problem ? Side-terminal ? Or am I just missing something ? > >TIA ... Ken C _________________________________________________________________ /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
