Thread: Damn bonnet cable snapped

Originally Posted by bee utey

Anyone who works under a bonnet without a mechanical safety or pit prop deserves to suffer!

Anyway, I hope your fishing expedition snags a cable or two.

Lol, But I was working under the dash. Anyway Land rover dealer techs reckon through grille but you might have to break the grille, but I am going in via the wheel arch and see what happens .

Today I removed road wheel and then the inner plastic wheel arch panel on the drivers side, about 15mins work, I reached up near the flexible air intake hose and grabbed the cable, pulled on it and the bonnet opened. the wind is picking up again now so this time I have a wooden garden stake propping the bonnet open just in case
Cheers, Mario

Providing the cable is not snapped at the latch end, you should be able to open the bonnet by pulling this cable.

Driver's side inner wheel arch plastic panel removed. 8mm and 10mm nuts.
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Reach up behind here for cable just up top of Headlight .
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View of the cable from the top after bonnet was opened.
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