Pfff, thats how I ALWAYS opened the hood on my '81 300TD. It even came with a pair of vice grips.
My '85 190D had a nasty cable and kept breaking the under dash lever which sadly on the w201 is plastic. Had I kept the car I'd have replaced the cable. -Curt Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 08:39:29 -0700 From: Alex Chamberlain <apchamberl...@gmail.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 240D hood release. Message-ID: <CABHyH=zjh2rfq3urzecqefe-t+0l7hl0rk71n+0jhjhagj2...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> wrote: > I'm trying to pop the hood on a friends 240D. The latch coming out of the >> grill is broken and a coat wire attached. The release cable in the car >> seems stretched as it won't release the hood. What do I do here? >> > > Unhook the handle end of the cable from the wall of the car > and pull on the entire thing. Pop! > > Yup. I would add, use vice grips, and be prepared for it to take a lot more effort than you expect. Alex _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
