Replacing the hood release cable is a job even a "citizen" of Washington, D.C. can accomplish.
On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
