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

[McCall, Randy]

My "Adel" clamps don't sing so well, but they are stout and functional!.
Thanks for the name on my semi-McGyver fix though - seemed like a fairly
logical and good solution at the time. I reserve  zip ties for more low
stress (as in when they wear through, freeze and/or become brittle, and
otherwise fail and I have to get under the car to open the damn hood
again!) applications like keeping wires out of the way of rotating things...

On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 1:48 PM, <tedebearp at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >>
> >> 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>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
> >>
> >> 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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