Bonnet cable break on SP

[Bill Smith]

Can anyone help. The bonnet release cable on my SP has snapped. How do I open the bonnet???

[garyc]

Hello Bill
Sorry to hear that I was going to fit an emergency one tomorrow so have been looking for posts on forum about it recently

Steve Payne seems to have done this before judging by this post below
Ive spoken to Andy about if the cable does snap and from memory he said its tricky but can be done from under the car although not sure exactly how.

Anyway this was Steves post i found when looking for info on this the other day

Re: Emergency bonnet release

Post by Steve Payne » Sat Jun 06, 2015 4:56 pm

The easiest way to fit an emergency bonnet pull is to have some wire around drivers side arm on the bonnet pull mechanism. The existing mechanism pulls the arm towards the outside so just drape the wire into the cavity where the air vent is with a washer on the end.

You are probably going to have to remove splash shield to get to it if the bonnet release does snap but that is better than trying to get to the mechanism from underneath especially if the engine is hot. If you fix the splash shield with some self tapping screws or bolts you should be able to have it off in a few mins.

Steve

Good Luck
Gary

[Keith]

Can anyone help. The bonnet release cable on my SP has snapped. How do I open the bonnet???

The easiest way is to go to a friendly garage and get the car up on a lift.

Then from underneath put your (hopefully long and skinny) arm up between the back of the engine and the bulkhead and grab the metal rod that links the two bonnet catches. You only have to move it a little bit to unlatch, pull it towards the driver's side.

[RockyUSA]

This sounds like something that the prepared individual could make an emergency release, a thin wire rope connected at the proper point, hanging down, and unibtrusively secured.

Most likely this would never be used, it would save a lot of a$$ pain if ever needed.

Pateras came with this feature, as a retrofit kit from Ford.

Rocky

[Bill Smith]

Many thanks for all your suggestions. Have made temporary repair with help from a neighbour with skinny arms, will replace cable when received.
Regards

[Guy Murray]

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[Joe Schiavone]

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