Bonnet release cable SNAPPED !!!

SPECKY · 21-01-10, 08:00 PM

Hope someone can help !!!!! PLEASE

How the hell do i open the bonnet without doing some serious damage

1997 Cabby

(Please.... no hair dressers car comments

)

Fanks.....

SPECKS

missfire · 21-01-10, 08:09 PM

can you still grab the cable with vice-grips...??? no....if it snapped under the bonnet i suppose...

my pal had a mk 1 escort with no accelerator pedal....just a pair of vice-grips on the end of the wire.....

used to drive it like that too...

SPECKY · 21-01-10, 08:13 PM

Lever is just dangling there all lifeless at the moment. Been workin silly hours at work so not had a chance to remove shelf to look yet. Took A2 today cos it needed fuel and a wash.

Will look for cable on Saturday afternoon

amanda · 21-01-10, 08:17 PM

Light needs to come out 1st

SPECKY · 21-01-10, 08:24 PM

@ Amanda..... Light ????? Confused

amanda · 21-01-10, 08:26 PM

AGhhhhhhh just seen its a newer car light needs to come out in a type 85 ...............sorry

BIGGYIN · 21-01-10, 08:39 PM

Happened to me once.

Mine snapped by the lever.I had to get under front of car,reach up behind grill(by radiator),grab hold of cable and give it a yank.That pops the bonnet up alittle abit.Then I had to reach up the back of the grill again,up to where the (right)bonnet catch goes in the cross member.There,s aloop where the cable should go,push it and the bonnet pops up.Then reach under front lip of bonnet and open as usual.

Worked for me,on q90.

quattrob81 · 21-01-10, 08:12 PM

if I was you I would remove undertray and possible front bumper and release bonnet by
hand

davow · 21-01-10, 08:43 PM

cable on my old b3 coupe went a bit slack once and couldnt open it, bent a length of 1/4" bar about 2" from the end at 90degrees, cut a slot in it, and poked it through the grill, locate the cable through one of the holes in the metal work near the catch 'and gave it a good tug' (no reference to missfires latest keira knightely post!) and the bonnet will open! I have the said tool (not missfire) sat in the top of my tool box unused for the last 8 years gathering dust so if your really struggling its yours! other advice is to get an a2, you dont have to open the bonnet on them till they have there own section on classic audi!

missfire · 21-01-10, 08:55 PM

Quote:

(no reference to missfires latest keira knightely post!)

ha....ha.....that thread was an advert for pimpdrivers 'bump-stop thread'...and originally contained nothing elicit whatsoever....

you can blame all the 'dirty old men' on here for continuing it...and adding all the tug material.........

i am a saint....

21-01-10, 08:17 PM	#4
amanda quattro hussie!! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: doin' it on all fours!! Posts: 5,993	Light needs to come out 1st __________________ Mystic blue m3 ghay hairdresser mobile 4 sheds 1 shopping trolley Gti RS6 ...my baby

21-01-10, 08:26 PM	#6
amanda quattro hussie!! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: doin' it on all fours!! Posts: 5,993	AGhhhhhhh just seen its a newer car light needs to come out in a type 85 ...............sorry __________________ Mystic blue m3 ghay hairdresser mobile 4 sheds 1 shopping trolley Gti RS6 ...my baby

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21-01-10, 08:09 PM	#2
missfire making wooden things Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: cow land Posts: 8,156	can you still grab the cable with vice-grips...??? no....if it snapped under the bonnet i suppose... my pal had a mk 1 escort with no accelerator pedal....just a pair of vice-grips on the end of the wire..... used to drive it like that too...

21-01-10, 08:13 PM	#3
SPECKY Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Petrol Station !!! Posts: 583	Lever is just dangling there all lifeless at the moment. Been workin silly hours at work so not had a chance to remove shelf to look yet. Took A2 today cos it needed fuel and a wash. Will look for cable on Saturday afternoon

21-01-10, 08:24 PM	#5
SPECKY Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Petrol Station !!! Posts: 583	@ Amanda..... Light ????? Confused

21-01-10, 08:39 PM	#7
BIGGYIN 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Merseyside Posts: 7,976	Happened to me once. Mine snapped by the lever.I had to get under front of car,reach up behind grill(by radiator),grab hold of cable and give it a yank.That pops the bonnet up alittle abit.Then I had to reach up the back of the grill again,up to where the (right)bonnet catch goes in the cross member.There,s aloop where the cable should go,push it and the bonnet pops up.Then reach under front lip of bonnet and open as usual. Worked for me,on q90.

21-01-10, 08:12 PM	#8
quattrob81 Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 185	if I was you I would remove undertray and possible front bumper and release bonnet by hand

21-01-10, 08:43 PM	#9
davow Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: worcestershire Posts: 863	cable on my old b3 coupe went a bit slack once and couldnt open it, bent a length of 1/4" bar about 2" from the end at 90degrees, cut a slot in it, and poked it through the grill, locate the cable through one of the holes in the metal work near the catch 'and gave it a good tug' (no reference to missfires latest keira knightely post!) and the bonnet will open! I have the said tool (not missfire) sat in the top of my tool box unused for the last 8 years gathering dust so if your really struggling its yours! other advice is to get an a2, you dont have to open the bonnet on them till they have there own section on classic audi!