[s-cars] Weather related double whammy

[Robert Myers]

Is your battery under the rear seat as it is in the sedan version?  If so, 
go ahead and replace it.  The ECU won't mind.  You will need to recode your 
radio, though.

Getting the hood open can be a real PITA.  I removed the crossover pipe 
behind/below the radiator and managed to snake my arm up high enough to 
manually operate the hood release lever.  It only took me about two hours 
of fiddling with it  and some blood sacrifice to manage opening the 
hood.  The end clip of the release cable has probably come off and 
disappeared into never-never land.  Until a replacement piece can be 
obtained it is possible to temporarily attach a couple of wires to pull the 
release levers from in front of the car.  It ain't purdy but you'll be able 
to get in and the wires can be removed when you are through with them.


At 12:53 PM 1/11/2005, Rich Dauenhauer wrote:

>Well here in the PacNW weve recieved a blast of Cold
>that has sent less hardy sould scurrying indoors. Have
>had no real problems up till today. After scraping the
>off Ice off of the 95 S6 Avant ...No Start. Dead
>Battery. Not yet being fully consious and confusing
>which car I was driving I reach down and attempt to
>pop the Hood ...2nd Whammy, the hood release dosnt pop
>the Hood! So Ist Q: related to the battery other than
>the Radio codes, is there anything I need to be
>concerned about related to replacing the battery? Will
>the CPU run home to mommy, and be stuck with Limp mode
>till some event? 2nd and more concerning how do I get
>into eng. compartment? Im guessing that my handy work
>when replaceing the S-belt a few months back wasnt so
>handy! But the hood release was operational for
>multiple uses subsequent to that? I looked in the
>Archives for tips, plenty on dead battereys but none
>on opening the hood?
>
>R.
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