[s-cars] S-CAR-List Digest, Vol 158, Issue 5

[McCall, Randy]

Happened to me as well - had to open it from underneath by grabbing the
cable and really pulling down on it... I made two replacement clips out of
some stainless material I had laying around - folded the strip in half
(probably 1.5" long or so to start, less than 1/2" wide), drilled a hole in
through the ends of the folded side and left a nice round hollow section
for the cable to ride in; bolted them in from the bottom of the cross
member.  Captured the plastic tubing around the hood release cable so it
doesn't wear the cable on the clips and ba-boom, probably last for longer
than the car will...  Took a couple hours, but no zip tie madness.

McGyver would have used chewing gum and duck tape....and it would have
exploded.


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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 22:18:59 -0700
> From: Robin Stoddard <robinstoddard at mac.com>
> To: Larry <larrycleung at gmail.com>
> Cc: jim at almgt.com, "s-car-list at audifans.com" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Hood cable fastener
> Message-ID: <F40B9C33-7F96-4305-89B1-94F8604C2454 at mac.com>
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> I would think that something could be machined / McGyver'd that would work?
> I have some time over the holidays and have always wanted to deal with
> that and so I’ll let you know if I come up with something that works.
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> > On Dec 18, 2016, at 10:03 PM, Larry <larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Anyone know of anything better ? ;-)
> >
> > Sent from my pocket electronic thingy
> >
> >> On Dec 18, 2016, at 11:48 PM, Robin Stoddard <robinstoddard at mac.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> The cable ties do work; it’s not the nicest looking fix, but it works.
> >> I see the ties as a temporary solution until something better comes
> along.  ;)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Dec 18, 2016, at 6:49 PM, Tony <tony.curran at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Cable ties worked for me. Use a large gauge.
> >>>
> >>> Tony
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPad
> >>>
> >>>> On Dec 18, 2016, at 6:53 PM, Larry <larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Cable Tie the plastic piece back against the core support. I use 2
> 4mm wide ones, and it's worked for 15K miles.
> >>>>
> >>>> Sent from my pocket electronic thingy
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Dec 18, 2016, at 6:37 PM, <jim at almgt.com> <jim at almgt.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hey all,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hope the holiday season is treating everyone well!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> When opening my hood this afternoon to change the oil, the dreaded
> “hood release pulls all the way but hood doesn’t open” occurs.  Was able to
> mess around and open the hood, and sure enough one of the little plastic
> fasteners that keeps the hood cable close to the front brace is toast.  I
> seem to remember someone recently looking for a fix for this, but can’t
> recall the solution.  Besides the factory part, any options from a hardware
> store or FLAPS?  Thanks!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Best regards,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jim Fleischer
> >>>>> ’95 urS6 avant
> >>>>> 206K
> >>>>>
> >>>>> _______________________________________________
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