removing hood release cable (urgent)

[G60 0]

hey guys,

 

so i'm out in the shed taking the front end of the car off, and man what a hack job by whoever put it on last time!! i wont even get into that, i found a WINGNUT. anyway... :?

 

got it all off, the upper rad support has the hood release going through it.. and without taking the release apart from the inside of the car (which i think you can do by removing the lower dash... pita) how do you get it off of there? :x

 

there is a metal piece on the passenger end (might be switched for you RHD folks) of the cable that needs to slip out of the little metal loop thats holding it all in place. problem is.. you can't get enough slack going to slip it out of there.

 

anyone taken their upper rad support out? how did you get the hood release cable off without mangling it?

 

how much is a new cable? anyone know? if its under $25 i'll just the cut the old one.. dont want to, id rather get it out in one piece.

 

thanks a lot guys.. hoping to get it off right after work.

 

..oh, did i mention?..just got my stage 4 charger back from kompressor kanada, one week turnaround woohoo!

[G60 0]

thanks for all the replies guys!!! woo! :lol:

 

..i think i've figured it out, so don't bother explaining it.

 

turns out i should be able to loosen that little metal piece that needs to slip out, but mine can't be loosened.. there's not bolt. so i need to be creative i guess :?