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<e30>Broken hood release cable

>From: "Marty Watt" <mdwatt@domain.elided>
>Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 09:17:11 +0000
>Subject: Re: bmw-digest V5 #38
>
>I just purchased (last Saturday) a 1986 325e, and love it.  It is my 
>first BMW, but probably won't be my last.
I don't doubt that ;-) 
>One minor problem ... today the cable attaching to the hood latch 
>broke, at the handle under the dash.  Any way of opening the hood 
>with the cable broken?  I've tried old-fashioned brute force methods, 
>with vice-grips pulling on the cable wire itself, to no avail (I 
>don't think I've got the angle and torque right!).

Look to the left of the drivers side hi-beam, behind the grill. You'll 
see a "box" with a hole in it. Take a long handle flat-blade screw driver 
and insert it into the hole. Twist the screwdriver and the hood should 
pop up. I don't advise that you do this too many times as it seems to 
wear out the lock mechanism and then the hood won't stay closed. The lock 
on my car was really rusty and loose anyway, so I replaced it along with 
the cable. Replacement is pretty simple - about a half hour for cable and 
lock.

Call your local dealer for a price and then e-mail or call Steve 
D'Gerolamo steved3@domain.elided at the Parts Co-Op for the best price.

BTW, get yourself in line for a Jim C chip. It will really wake-up the 
car! Jim Conforti is lndshrk@domain.elided

John Darwak
'85 325e (155k mi.Bilstein Sportkit.ST bars.JC chip.Soon to be e head 
with i cam)