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

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You made Adel clamps.  You can buy those at the hardware store.  I was going to do that, but zip ties took 30 seconds and have been doing the job for over six years.

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> On Dec 19, 2016, at 10:14 AM, McCall, Randy <rmccall at nexant.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.
>> 
>> 
>>> 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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