[V8] hood opening, again

[Kent McLean]

Ron Wainwright wrote:
> & as far as the NLA hood release cables.... I got a bunch of them ;-)

I would starve if I were a professional mechanic.

I did the on-your-back under-the-dash pretzel move to see if I could manually
pull the cable. With one hand shining a flashlight on the problem area, I
pulled the the hood release, which exposed the cable. With my third hand I tried
pulling the cable with a needle nose pliers.  No go. Either my grip wasn't good
enough, or the stiffness of the cable and the release knob bumping the trim
panel prevented any more movement of the cable.

I had no luck trying to snake a coat hanger under the hood to hook the cable.

With the lowered suspension on the car, I can't even get my head under the front
bumper to look up and maybe catch a glimpse of the hood release cable.

If anyone has an underhood shot of the release cable and how it releases the
first-level latches, I'd appreciate it. I'm also wide open to any crazy ideas.

I'm not yet at the point of nuking it, but I'm close.

-- 
Kent McLean
1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
1991 200 TQA #3, with mods
1990 V8 w/5-speed and other mods
gone: '91 200 TQA x2, '94 100 S Avant, '89 200 TQ "Bad Puppy"