Berlingo bonnet stay clip

 

This is a really important piece of plastic. So important, that when it breaks, it needs to be replaced - a job that is a bit of a pain. 

Under the bonnet of my parent's Berlingo, is a stay to hold it up when open. When not in use, the stay should be clipped under the bonnet.

 

If it's not, then the bit of metal will flap around the engine bay, and when a kind person goes to top up the windscreen washer fluid, only by chance does it not get wrapped up in the power steeering fluid pipe, and rip this out. 

Now, the Berlingo has been enjoying the attentions of some auto electricians, and along the way, someone broke the clip.

I ordered the part from a store on eBay, and it turned up the next day. Looking at it, all I had to do, was remove the old one, and clip the replacement in. Easy. 

Except it is clipped in place, and getting the old version out took about ten minutes with pincers, pliers and a Stanley knife. Basically, the old clip had to be destroyed where it was, until I could push it into the hole. 

Fitting the new clip took seconds. Good job done!