"How to" GU Bonnet Scoop Removal - a question about the rubber shroud.

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27th June 2017, 12:24 PM
LaughingBeagles

"How to" GU Bonnet Scoop Removal - a question about the rubber shroud.

Hi All,

Just bought a big mouth scoop to replace my standard GU scoop with 6 x 10mm nuts to remove and replace easy as right? It is, except removing the rubber shroud with a steel retaining bracket that is clipped on with plastic clips under the bonnet.

Before I totally make a mess of it, I thought I would ask if anyone has experience taking it off first. I checked the Y61 Manual section and no luck, searched the forums and tried Professor Google.

I have no idea how to access the clips and so on; they appear hidden away.
27th June 2017, 03:24 PM
mudski

Yeah undo the nuts on the under side, the metal brace comes off, then the rubber, then the scoop from the top. Simple. Hit the bonnet with some polish after the scoop is off too.
27th June 2017, 03:31 PM
4bye4

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Originally Posted by LaughingBeagles

Hi All,

Just bought a big mouth scoop to replace my standard GU scoop with 6 x 10mm nuts to remove and replace easy as right? It is, except removing the rubber shroud with a steel retaining bracket that is clipped on with plastic clips under the bonnet.

Before I totally make a mess of it, I thought I would ask if anyone has experience taking it off first. I checked the Y61 Manual section and no luck, searched the forums and tried Professor Google.

I have no idea how to access the clips and so on; they appear hidden away.

So Pete, where did you get a big mouth scoop. I thought the guy had stopped production?
27th June 2017, 03:51 PM
LaughingBeagles

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Originally Posted by 4bye4

So Pete, where did you get a big mouth scoop. I thought the guy had stopped production?

Hey Tony,

Fleabay.... Might be he is not the same guy is my thought. Bought this on Ropes' recommendation

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Large-big...53.m2749.l2648
27th June 2017, 05:20 PM
mudski

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Originally Posted by LaughingBeagles

Hey Tony,

Fleabay.... Might be he is not the same guy is my thought. Bought this on Ropes' recommendation

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Large-big...53.m2749.l2648

bloody hell thats cheap. I paid $550 for the A.R.E Cooling scoop about 4 years ago. Then sold it for $350 a couple of years later.
27th June 2017, 05:29 PM
4bye4

Quote:

Originally Posted by LaughingBeagles

Hey Tony,

Fleabay.... Might be he is not the same guy is my thought. Bought this on Ropes' recommendation

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Large-big...53.m2749.l2648

Just ordered one so if they are no good we can both blame Ropes. :D
27th June 2017, 09:06 PM
LaughingBeagles

Love ya work! :animierte-smilies-t
28th June 2017, 08:12 AM
LaughingBeagles

Back on topic, I feel like a bit of a Noob as I cannot for love or money find where the nuts underneath are to take the metal brace off... The foam seal isn't glued over the top of it is it?
28th June 2017, 02:37 PM
mudski

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Its been a long time since I have looked at one as mine is different now. This pic might help.
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28th June 2017, 02:44 PM
mudski

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The lower black plate needs to come off first, from memory its longer than the rubber itself. So it may look deceiving.
See the black plate in the pic, its longer to match the longer hole in the bonnet.
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9th July 2017, 04:41 PM
LaughingBeagles

Done! There were six black plastic screws hidden in under the foam. Once peeled away, it was a matter of popping them out and all good.

Thanks for everone's help, it was really useful.

Pete
9th July 2017, 09:00 PM
Sprock

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Originally Posted by mudski

bloody hell thats cheap. I paid $550 for the A.R.E Cooling scoop about 4 years ago. Then sold it for $350 a couple of years later.

This is only standard width just higher opening @mudski - your A.R.E scoop would have been wider yeah ?
9th July 2017, 09:06 PM
mudski

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Originally Posted by Sprock

This is only standard width just higher opening @mudski - your A.R.E scoop would have been wider yeah ?

No. Same width and depth, just higher. Not real clear pic but you can see how much higher it is...
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10th July 2017, 11:55 PM
Sprock

Sorry I stand corrected.
6th October 2017, 12:51 PM
4bye4

@LaughingBeagles Hey Pete , I noticed a bit of air escaping from the scoop when I did the run to Ravensthorpe last week. Could see it with the dust and rain showing a pattern behind the scoop. Anyway I have made a deflector from a bit of plastic and sicaflexed it on. Seems to get a bit more air going down instead of getting trapped in the back of the scoophttp://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...2017/10/25.jpg
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...2017/10/26.jpg

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6th October 2017, 01:14 PM
LaughingBeagles

Great idea Tony! Don't happen to have a spare bit of plastic at yours do you? :)
6th October 2017, 01:21 PM
4bye4

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Originally Posted by LaughingBeagles

Great idea Tony! Don't happen to have a spare bit of plastic at yours do you? :)

Umm yea I do actually. As in the first picture. Just need to cut to size.
28th October 2017, 05:38 AM
AgehealaTap

"How to" GU Bonnet Scoop Removal a question about the rubber shroud

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28th October 2017, 06:59 AM
NissanGQ4.2

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Originally Posted by AgehealaTap

We recently just bought a 1933 Victoria Convertible, and it has a set of matching luggage in the trunk. How can I find out more information about this luggage/suitcases?

I feel like a spammer is about 2 get their bottom smacked
28th October 2017, 08:11 AM
mudski

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Originally Posted by NissanGQ4.2

I feel like a spammer is about 2 get their bottom smacked

Smack that bitch up!

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4th December 2017, 02:44 PM
cabhsv

Did you just use a trim removal tool to pop the plastic clips out? I don't want the damage them as I want to re-install the rubber seal back.
7th August 2019, 03:04 PM
Coldcomfort

I'm about to go down this path very soon. My scoop is all painted and ready to go. But the pictures in this thread dont look like what mine is. My seal on the under side of the bonnet is a foam of some sort. I wonder if it has changed for the 2012 year. The rear 4 nuts look like an easy thing but the front two seem to be buried under the foam.

Has any one else come up against this??

Cheers, all.
8th August 2019, 08:16 AM
mudski

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Originally Posted by Coldcomfort

I'm about to go down this path very soon. My scoop is all painted and ready to go. But the pictures in this thread dont look like what mine is. My seal on the under side of the bonnet is a foam of some sort. I wonder if it has changed for the 2012 year. The rear 4 nuts look like an easy thing but the front two seem to be buried under the foam.

Has any one else come up against this??

Cheers, all.

Got any pics? As far as i know the design had not changed throughout the series. There is a longer metal plate under there, that has to be removed first.
9th August 2019, 12:37 AM
Sprock

i’ve always found a chainsaw to be a good universal tool .