dubloke 4 Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 does anyone here know how to get the bonnet on a golf open when the cable wont operate the latch? it worked yesterday perfectly when i cheked all the fluids prior to the trip to the pod today, but when i parked the car at the show i could not get the bonnet open for love or money! ideally i would like to get it open without resorting to breaking/cutting the front grill! thanks in advance for any help/advice given! Link to post Share on other sites
ingham 5 Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 another member called pete8tch had same problem Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 i'd try and carefully remove grill...then it shoud be obvious.the cable could have come off at the quick release by the airbox Link to post Share on other sites
cliveyp 0 Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Did you have anyone trying to lift the bonnet from the outside while you pulled the lever?? I had a similar problem occasionally with the corrado, but if someone tried to pull it up, it worked fine. Link to post Share on other sites
dubloke 4 Posted April 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 tried that to no avail i'm afraid clive. to make it more complex, with the vento front end everything sits much flusher at the front making it nigh on impossible to get your fingers in between bonnet and grill! Link to post Share on other sites
stu h 0 Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 this happened to pete8tch recently -pm him -but i think he had to butcher his grille in then end something to do with the cable coming off/apart in the bay. bummer Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 or you could try putting front of car on axle stands and reaching up form underneath Link to post Share on other sites
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