can't get engine lid to open - '88 80Q

[Huw Powell]

> Hmmmmm, I'd believe you Huw, you'd know.

Hahaha

> I have the cable bowed and on top of my fender on the 200.  The cable pulls 
> in towards the center of the car like the "slack" was taken out when the levers 
> pulled.  I figured the pull force of the inner wire was being defeated by the 
> whole cable moving.
> So the caulk idea was to hold the sheathing still so just the wrie did its 
> job.  not a good idea?

No, it's not.  The sheath is *supposed* to move as part of the release 
process.  The two spring loops get squeezed together by the combined 
action of the sheath and wire end moving towards each other as the 
exposed part of the wire is shortened by pulling the handle.

If you could really stop the sheath from moving, the driver's side catch 
would not get released.

-- 
Huw Powell

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