BROKEN: bonnet release

[charged vp]

does anyone know how i could pop my bonnet with a broken release cable?

[mouce]

do you know where the break is?

If it's broken at the lever that you'd normally pull, you should be able to get a pair of vice-grips onto it, and pull like hell to pop it.

If it's busted 'somewhere' in between the lever and the bonnet latch, you may have to get under the car, cut the insulation away from the release cable, and, again, using vice-grips on the cable, pull for all you're worth.

Some people claim to be able to pop it with a screwdriver coming at it from below the latch, all I'll say is that I NEVER had any luck trying that on mine.

[charged vp]

it broke right at the release point. so there is no cable left in tact.
thanks anyway. i'll try the screwdriver tomorrow

[mouce]

DAMN...sucks to be you right now doesn't it? No just kidding. It happens to everyone at some point, you just got unlucky with where it broke.

Post up with how you go.

[charged vp]

got it, took about an hour of stuffing around though.
thanks again for your help

[mouce]

So how'd you get it done with a screwdriver? As I said I never had any luck with it, then again, I didn't stick with it for an hour!

[charged vp]

i eventually got the screwdriver up behind the centre spring and pushed it to the drivers side while holding the bonnet down to keep tension off .
that and alot of swearing

[mouce]

Well done on getting it with the screwdriver, I'm going to have to practice that one.

[Dezza]

u coulda called RAC and made it there problem thats wat i did when i broke my vk release for the bonnet took the poor bastard half an hour to get it open lol

[HDT_aero]

the easiest way ive found id to lift the bonnet just enough to unscrew the grill and then just use your fingers to push the lever toward the drivers side

as long as the bonnet isnt badly out of alignment its not too hard to do