[s-cars] hood latch

[Robert Myers]

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Once open don't close it again until repairs are completed or some 
sort of jack-leg temporary "fix" has been accomplished. I was able to 
run a wire from each of the latch releases outside to the grill area 
which would allow me to pull on the (temporary) wires to pop the hood 
open. Looked like H*** but I could get into the engine bay when 
needed until the repair parts finally arrived and I could fix it 
properly.  BTW, those little spring clips which terminate the cable 
appear almost to be made of unobtainium.  When it pops off and flies 
off to parts unknown ya got a problem.  Some sort of a retainer wire 
for the clip is probably a good idea.

Bob


At 11:49 AM 5/6/2009, Stott Hare wrote:
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>Yep, if you break a cable or it comes out of the retainer it's much less
>fun.  I custom bent and sharpened a long screw driver once upon a time for
>my S6A.  I was able to go in through one of the upper grill slats, and get
>the pointy edge the screw driver behind the spring arm and was able to
>pull/lever it towards the centerline to release the hood pin.  If you're
>familiar with the core design/latch springs etc this will be easier to
>visualize.
>-S
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Myers [mailto:bob at chips-ur-s.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 11:42 AM
>To: stott at gwi.net
>Cc: 'Martin Baggenstos'; s-car-list at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] hood latch
>
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>Good advice, Stott.  However, if the problem is that the little
>retainer clip on the end of the cable has come off then it is
>impossible to pull the cable far enough to pop the release.  Then
>you're stuck until you remove the belly pan and reach up from below
>with your arm so you can operate the release lever by hand (with
>concomitant sacrifice of about a half liter of blood to the Audi gods).
>
>Bob
>
>
>At 10:02 AM 5/6/2009, Stott Hare wrote:
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> >If you can't fish the cable through the grill, you can remove the latch
> >handle from the lower a-pillar.  The cable end ball can be removed from the
> >lever and by pulling on that separately, while holding the sheath in place,
> >you can get enough extra travel to open the hood.
> >
> >Replace the two plastic clips (4A0 823 570) the cable routes through on the
> >core support.  They are dirt cheap at the dealer, but in the two cases
>where
> >I replaced them, they also didn't work out of the box.  The 'slit' in the
> >fingers were narrower then the gauge metal of the core support they were
> >supposed to engage over.  With careful razorblade trimming you can enlarge
> >the gap so the clips lock into the core properly.
> >
> >The cable passes through two hollow 'golf tees' (443 823 597A/4A0 823
>597)to
> >engage in the latch releases.  If yours are plastic, I would highly
> >recommend replacing them with the metal versions.  Sorry I don't have an
> >exact part number for these, but they were found on some earlier VAG
> >products (Scirocco, 5000 etc).  811 823 555 should be a metal one for the
> >very end, with an integrated set screw.
> >
> >HTH,
> >-Stott
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> >[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Martin Baggenstos
> >Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 6:35 AM
> >To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> >Subject: [s-cars] hood latch
> >
> >Hello everyone,
> >
> >
> >    I am having problems opening my hood and the latch will not do it. I
> >think that the cable has gotten loose and lost some of the play it in. Any
> >advice on how I can get my hood open. Is there a way to tighten the wire at
> >the latch by my feet?
> >
> >Martin Baggenstos
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