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Old 28th May 2013, 16:26
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Tinribs
 
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latching good

Some time in the fifties car makers discovered that if the bonnet opens while you are mobile bad things can happen.

They decided to have two latches one holds the bonnet closed good and proper the other just holds it more or less down but stops it coming any further up. It also allows it to project a bit so you notice the upsticking and vibrate a bit so you wonder what the noise is

They did this because they knew every so ofter one latch just isn't enough

Maybe there is a mesage, one latch holds the cover downish the other holds it nice and snug. You could even put a little contact to say first latch only engaged gov do something

When a problem has happened several times on similar types we ought to do something
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