[T3] Posting for a friend any ideas?

[Dave Hall]

You need tension to open the latch.  Cutting it will lose any tension you
have.  If there's no resistance to pulling the cable, maybe it has detached
or broken.

Try getting someone to push on the bonnet - down, or towards the car while
you pull the release.  Sometimes that will let the catch move when friction
just got too much.  It may already be almost released and just need a bit
less friction to do it.

Make sure the release lever is fixed firmly to the dash - sometimes the
whole glovebox moves because it's not properly fixed.

Failing that you may have to get in with a small screwdriver to move the
latch, but it's worth getting a look at another before drilling a hole.
ISTR the hole needs to be in different places for some years.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Daniel K.
Du Vall
Sent: 12 April 2011 20:17
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: [T3] Posting for a friend any ideas?

So between leaving Florence and getting home after picking up my replacement
hose for my patched emissions hose my hood decided it didn't want to open
anymore. I have tried everything sans cutting the cable to see if the
tension release will pop my hood. I am worried about doing this as when I
pull the cable to release the latch, the cable doesn't attempt to regain the
tension. 

Does anyone have any ideas on resolving the issue? Somba had one thread on a
ghia that suggested cutting the cable, but it was for the rear hatch. Am I
correct in assuming a hatch is a hatch?

 

Daniel Du Vall

http://1peter4-10.org <http://1peter4-10.org> 

http://volkswageninsanity.us <http://volkswageninsanity.us> 

 

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