roughground Posted July 27, 2021 Report Share Posted July 27, 2021 I have a lefthand drive 6. I adjusted the bonnet release after aligning the bonnet up. I checked it opened on the release then did a final tighten. Now it won't open! I had a secondary release for the catch and that worked but the bonnet did not pop up. I tired gentle leverage but don't want to damage the paint job no joy Any ideas to get it open again would be welcome. I did think of cutting an access panel alongside the glove box (LHD) but that would be a last resort Quote Link to post Share on other sites
15eren Posted July 27, 2021 Report Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) Hi You are not the only one that have had this problem. I drilled a 40 mm hole from underneath the footwell with a cup-drill (You see it with the rubber-grommet in place). Then it was easy to open the bonnet with a long screwwdriver. And when the bonnet was open I of course made an emergency-release, which goes through an existing bolt to the footwell. Cheers Tage Edited July 27, 2021 by 15eren Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roughground Posted July 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2021 Thank you. I like the idea as my secondary is a strong cord dangled into the pax foot well. Having tried to prise the bonnet up with no success I tried one last pull on the chord and up it popped. Vast relief panic over. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waldi Posted July 27, 2021 Report Share Posted July 27, 2021 Try pulling the emergency leaver and at the same time push the bonnet at the location of the catch down. There was a thread about this about a year ago, best to search with google. Waldi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WWT338J Posted July 27, 2021 Report Share Posted July 27, 2021 Sometimes driving slowly over bumpy ground with a passenger pulling the release handle works. If there is some play in the bonnet hinges then pushing and pulling the front of the bonnet with a passenger pulling the release handle may work. The thing to avoid is levering up the corner of the bonnet next to the latch as that buggers the bonnet permanently. David Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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