[s-cars] Hood Stuck

[Vincent Fregeac]

The hard way when you don't know your under-hood by heart is to remove the
belly pan and bumper grille, then reach the mechanism with a heavy gauge
metal wire from the opening between the bumper and the condenser, looking to
it with a mirror through the bumper opening. Helping hands are really
welcomed for the mirror and directions in this case. You can also remove the
bumper for easier access and better view, after all, it's just two screws,
but it's not that easy to manipulate the bumper without scratching it, BTD
both.

The easy way is to reach the same mechanism through the hood grille but, as
you won't see anything, you have to know the under hood by heart, BTDT too.




Vincent
'96 //S6 with a "few" occurrences of jammed close f#@&ing hood.

-----Message d'origine-----
De : s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] De la part de Nick Stuart
Envoyé : 26 avril 2005 12:13
À : Robert Rossato; s-car-list at audifans.com
Objet : Re: [s-cars] Hood Stuck


That didn't work out to well. I also should have mentioned that I've tried
the ol' "While I pull on the hood release you pull up on the hood.." routine
to no avail as well.

The cable already feels loose, so I think when it was last shut it got
dislodge or something so its not pulling on the release. Which I find odd
since its working on the other side. =\

Thanks for the suggestion though.
-Nick

On 4/26/05, Robert Rossato <r0ssat0_987 at att.net> wrote:
> As you're pulling on the hood release cable, reach around through the 
> open driver's door and give the rear corner of the hood a good wack 
> with your fist.  Should pop open.
> 
> After you get it open I would as a minimum grease the latches and 
> verify you don't have too much slack on the cable where it attaches to 
> both latches.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Nick Stuart <baredok at gmail.com>
> > Ok, so my hood's decided to open now.  The passenger side release 
> > will release, but the drivers side does nothing. Just sits there and 
> > laughs at me. Whats the recommended surgery for this? Can I even get 
> > to the release from underneath the car? Couldn't see that I could 
> > get to it from the grill area at all.
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the help and suggestions!
> >
> > -Nick
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