hood release help..

[Kneale Brownson]

Sorry, Megan, I previously confirmed my description of the cable's location 
with the hood open.  I just checked with a flashlight and the hood closed, 
and the only place I can see the cable by looking through the grille is on 
the driver's side right next to the headlight assembly. I could reach the 
cable there with a long-bladed screwdriver.

However, when I looked up from the ground, with the flashlight next to the 
generator, I could see several inches of the cable.  Perhaps you could bend 
a wire hanger into a loop and hook the cable from that location.  If you 
have some ramps to drive up onto, it might make it easier to get vision 
angles on the other side without rubbing your nose on the bottom of the A/C 
compressor.   I've seen the coathanger process described here several times 
in the past.

Your mechanic obviously must have experienced opening hoods with the 
screwdriver a number of times.  Did you watch closely enough to determine 
whether he released both sides at once, or did he have to go back and forth 
to get both released?


At 12:05 PM 09/06/2000 -0400, Megasus at aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 9/6/00 10:01:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>knotnook at traverse.com writes:
>
> > If you shine a flashlight up through the top slit in the grille just
> >  outside either end of the Audi rings, you should be able to see the
> >  cable.  It runs across the front of the engine compartment just below the
> >  metal bar that supports the hood latches.
>
>Pardon my stupidity, but...
>
>How do I get the hood open? I really couldnt see any cable and nothing seemed
>within reach of a screwdriver..
>
>-m
>