[s-cars] Not blind, but still can't see....

[Vincent Fregeac]

Dan,

First step: try again with someone pulling the hood at the same time. I
never had the problem on the S6 but it's recurrent on the 90Q20V and
whatever the force I use on the cable, nothing happen if no one is
pulling on the hood.

Second step: pull a bit less gently on the cable. My 90Q20V always pop
up first on the driver side. When the mechanism get jammed, the driver
side could be easily de-jammed but the passenger side need a bit more
brute force.

Third step: What about a Kamei Sport Grill? If my memory deserves me
well (no warranty, no reimbursement, if my memory have failed), the
gentle kiss the S6 gave to the butt of an MBZ gave me ample access to
the hood mechanism. And if you don't like the Kamei look (as I do), a
late urA6 used grill can be found for 60$. Just remove the Quattro
badge, switch the S6 badge and voila, you get an urS6 grill.

HTH


Vincent.

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De : s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com] De la part de Dan Bertram
Envoyé : 27 janvier 2003 15:22
À : s-car-list at audifans.com
Cc : SOS-cars at yahoogroups.com
Objet : [s-cars] Not blind, but still can't see....

Well, seems as though I've got a minor issue here and am in desperate
need of some help.  Late Friday night, as my warning light for low
windshield washer fluid came on, I pulled into a gas station to fill up.
Open the hood with the release, but no release.  So, I got home, got out
some pliers and gently pulled on the cable enough to hear the obligatory
clunk of the hood releasing.  EXCEPT that it was only the left/driver
side.  NOT the passenger side.  I just recently got a CD copy of the
Bentley, so I thought would be a good time to load it up.  Not a chance:
couldn't get the registration to work.  (Insert expletives here).
Checked out the archives on both mailman lists and yahoo list, and found
a few references, although none of them worked for my particular
dilemma.

By this point, air temp was a balmy -18C and after I got the belly pan
off thinking I might be able to reach something from below.  No luck
(insert more expletives here).  I finally said screw it with salty snow
stinging my eyes and put the pan back on to make the commute to ski
country for the weekend.  Had to stop every once in a while to spray the
window with WW fluid in a Windex bottle.  Grrrrrrrr.

ANYway, does someone have an idea as to how to access the passenger side
hood spring/lock mechanism to open it without the cable?  Any chance
that it's less complicated than what I've tried so far, as this am was
-33C in my driveway?

Dan - '97 S6 and squinting through salt-streaked windshield with sun
refracting so as to blind me completely....

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