[s-cars] hood latch
Theodore Chen
tedebearp at yahoo.com
Mon Mar 26 21:55:01 EDT 2007
dave,
the hood is open! i used a coat hanger and fished through the grille
to open the latches. thanks very much for your advice, especially the
speed with which you delivered it.
the bentley is completely useless for figuring out how the mechanism
works. and the advice on audiworld was mostly geared to the situation
where the clips are broken but the cable is still attached. i saw
something about taking off the belly pan and using a broomstick, but
didn't see any more details.
i spent more time finding a coat hanger and cutting and bending it
into the right shape than it took me to hook those latches and pop
the hood.
now i have to put the belly pan back and reinstall the hood release
mechanism. if this happens again, even if it's a broken clip, i'm
just going to fish with a coathanger because it takes a lot less time.
thanks, everybody, for the help.
-teddy
--- djdawson2 at aol.com wrote:
> There is an arm at each hood pin. Each one needs to be pulled towards the
> centerline of the hood to release each pin. IME, it is easiest to use a
> coat-hanger or welding rod. You need to have a straight length of stought
> wire... and you need to bend a hook into the end of it. Once you've created
> a hook, you need to fish it through to each hood pin latch... where the cable
> used to pass through. It looks like a loop formed out of round metal stock,
> that is formed into a circle where the cable passes through. You need to
> hook each loop, and pull until it releases the pin... one on each side. They
> do not need to be pulled at the same time... releasing one at a time works
> fine.
>
> I have done it through the front grille, as well as from beneath the car.
>
> This is sort of hard to describe accurately, but that's the best I can do.
> Take a good light source, and try and locate those lock/release arms while
> looking through your front grille. Once you've spotted them, plan your path
> to hook them, and then pull each towards the center.
>
> Good luck,
> Dave
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tedebearp at yahoo.com
> To: ezveedub at hotmail.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Sent: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 7:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] hood latch
>
>
> it won't release at all.
>
> i don't think it's a broken clip. i just looked through the grille
> with a flashlight, and i can see the end of the cable on the passenger
> side. it's not attached to anything. i can't figure out how to
> release the latches.
>
> i looked under the car with the belly pan off, and i think i can see
> the bottom of the passenger side latch. i don't know how the mechanism
> works, though. what do i have to do to release it? i thought it was
> a couple of semi-circular pieces holding the latch pin, and tried to
> pry them apart with a really big screwdriver, but it's not working.
>
> what am i supposed to do with a stick to open it? i haven't been
> able to find the answer so far in searching the archives.
>
> -teddy
>
> --- Ez Veedub <ezveedub at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Will it release from the pass side or none at all? I had it happen to my
> > hood, but was able to get the passenger side released. From there I was
> able
> > to get a long wire tool under the hood from the side and release the
> > driver's side. I have sinced tiewrapped the ends to keep the cable parts in
>
> > place. I will be changing all the parts soon though.
> > Ezveedub
> >
> >
> > >From: Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com>
> > >To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> > >Subject: [s-cars] hood latch
> > >Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:28:02 -0700 (PDT)
> > >
> > >bugger.
> > >
> > >the only issue i'd had after the timing belt job was that the driver's
> > >side of the hood wasn't latching properly. this morning, i made a quick
> > >adjustment to the latching post on the driver's side, and was gratified
> > >to find that the hood stayed shut the first time.
> > >
> > >i just decided to top off the coolant, and pulled the hood release lever.
> > >there was a snap, and the hood stayed closed.
> > >
> > >at the beginning of the timing belt job, we started to remove the driver's
> > >side plastic clip for the hood cable, and then we left it alone instead,
> > >moving the whole lock carrier to the firewall with the cable attached.
> > >it looks like those tender ministrations were the death knell for that
> > >clip, and when i got the driver's side latch working, that clip broke.
> > >
> > >now i can't get the hood open. fortunately, the coolant temperature
> > >looked normal and there weren't any dire warnings about low coolant.
> > >i hope i won't need to refill it on the way home. i had a phillips
> > >screwdriver, and took out the hood release latch and pulled on it.
> > >doesn't seem to be doing anything, though. does this mean i have to
> > >go fishing under the car with a stick?
> > >
> > >-teddy
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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