Opening type 44 Hood was: (no subject)

[tom winter]

Yup, I'd guess it was the hood cable that failed. It's easy to replace. Look
at the latch handle, you should be able to unscrew it. When you've gotten
the hood open, attach the new cable to the old one with duct tape and then
pull the broken handle/cable from the inside of the car. As you pull it
through, the new cable that you've attached to the old will follow along
nicely into the interior. Then you can re-attach the new stuff. Don't close
the hood until you're sure that the new cable is correctly tensioned to
release the hood.

Tom

> A:
> There are photos here and several listers talked about this a few days ago if
> the cable snapped.  There are two fish eye levers you can grab and pull to
> release the hood anchors from their "catches":
> http://www.quattro123.com/AudiHoodOpenClinic.htm
> -Scott by BOSTON
> 
>> From: attila pallos>
> The second thing is that 2 days ago when I tried to open up the engine hood I
> felt the 
>> handle soft all of a sudden and the hood didn't unlock and it's been like
>> that ever since and I can't seem to open it.Has this happend to enyone;if yes
>> how can I get to the cable that unlocks the hood to reattach it to the handle
>> 
> 
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