krishen 2 Posted September 17, 2011 Desperately need to get to my engine bay as the the rad fans aren't coming on but the bonnet cable has come away from the handle you pull. Had a search and most bonnet cable issue are pointed to a post on the wiki page. Is is useful but being a noob that i am need a bit more help. I tried to pull the cable with a pair of pliers but it doesn't seem to want to budge. So my question is how much force do you need to apply when pulling the cable? I did give it some force but maybe im just not strong enough :-( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monzablau16v 0 Posted September 17, 2011 mine needs a fairly good pull...about as hard as you would need to pull the cork out of a bottle of wine (hope that helps)... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quicky1980 0 Posted September 17, 2011 my cable broke tonight not happy, thins time it broke the end off and not that spring piece. Are they still available from the dealers? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilfuzzer 1 Posted September 17, 2011 Sam if you mean the trumpet part yeah they still the last time I got one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fla 9 Posted September 17, 2011 krishen, make sure you are stopping the sleeve from moving - basically you need to try and push teh sleeve away and pull the cable towards you, if that makes sense? See if the thin steel bracket on the side of the handle hasnt broken off. Get some pliers, and use the centre (gapped) portion. The sheath shoulnd tfit through this. Get another set of pliers and pull the cable whilst pushing the first set away. Good luck! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Critical_Mass 10 Posted September 18, 2011 Sam, i had this issue last winter. Got my uncles mate to make some metal versions up. They've all sold bar just one, you can have it if you pay for postage. It looks like the first attempt at making one, so doesnt look as good as the others, but it will do the job still. Its metal so wont eventually go brittle and break ever again. Fit and forget. I didnt think you could buy the trumpet part seperately. Thought you had to buy the whole cable as a complete unit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stonejag 10 Posted September 20, 2011 Mine did this last Friday - got a new cable in the end as mine was losing the battle anyway. Gruvenparts make a replacement clip out of billet aluminium but it costs a fortune! A bit of L-bracket with a couple of holes drilled in it would work fine... Stone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quicky1980 0 Posted September 20, 2011 just bought a new cable £33+vat!! Im on my third now Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
