My mechanic let me watch him get the bonnet open. He succeeded in getting the bonnet open using a spanner, in fact an assortment of spanners . I provided one I said he was welcome to bend as required. After a few attemps to get it right the spanner broke, but eventually he succeeded in removing the bolts.
If you have a combination spanner the ring end is angled about right to clear lip on the striker plate, but it helps to bend the spanner to fit into the gap. I think my mechanic managed to flatten the angle when attempting to bend the spanner further down the shaft so that it was difficult to get it on the bolt head. He tried several of his own spanners and between them managed to do the job without bending any of them. It took abaout an hour though.
It turned out tnat the problem with the windscreen washer was the one way valve rather than the motor. He said he drilled it out so that it became a simple T-piece feeding both jets. It works fine now.
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