A6 hood discvery!

[Sean Ford]

I miss the old service button on the C4 hood support. I wish the C5 had such a
device. 

BTW, horror of horrors... the C6 doesn't have the hood release tongue of the C4
and C5 A6s. Now you have to reach under the hood and feel for a release lever
just like any Honda. :(

--- Scott DeWitt <sdewitt at stx.rr.com> wrote:

> Wishing that the hood on my A6 4.2 soon to be 02 S6 sedan would open up
> verticle much like mercedes does, I inspected the hood hinges and noticed
> that there is a drilling for a 6 mm bolt. 
> 
> Remove the hood shock then open the hood verticle, and thread a 6 mm bolt
> (bout 30mm long) through a hole in one of the hinge arms, and into the
> threaded part and viola! the hood now opens verticle and holds itself with a
> bolts in both hinges... Just make sure to remove the bolt prior to shutting..
> :)
> 


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Sean [1999 A6 2.8q]
http://registry.audiworld.com/audiworld/registry/details.asp?car=9728


		
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