Re: 5000 Hood Release

[Alexei M Voloshin <Alexei.M.Voloshin-1@tc.umn.edu>]

I had the radiator replaced on my 86 5kCSTQ last year, afterwards they 
forgot to attach the cable, so I come home (dealership is 500 yards from 
my house) and I can't open the hood, ooops! Drive back to the dealer -> it 
took them an hour to open it with a really long screw driver being poked 
through the front grill.
I'm not sure how it was in 83 but in 86 there is a simple latch that you 
can actually see through the front grill. So all you really need to do is 
push it down with a long extention. See if the same idea can be applied 
to your 83 one. 

Alex

On 7 Aug 1996 ph%wn.bbc@nr-comms.radio.bbc.co.uk wrote:

> I cannot open the bonnet (hood) of my 1983 Avant.  The cable must have 
>  broken somewhere in the engine compartment.  Does anyone know how I 
>  can open it manually.  The Bentley for the 4000 series shows a couple 
>  of catches you could press - is the 5000 series the same?  Thanks in advance.
> 
> Paul
> paul.heneghan@bbc.co.uk
> 1984 Audi 80 quattro
> 1983 Audi 100 Avant
>