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sven

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Registered: 2021-04-15

Posts: 6

Bonnet release cable snapped

Hello........again. I have ANOTHER problem and that is that the bonnet release cable has snapped at the catch end under the bonnet. The only online help I can find is a vague smash you way in through the front grill approach causing damage.
Does anyone know of or have any detailed instructions  to open the bonnet for a 2008 Expert Tepee?

kenbw2

Administrator

From: Preston

Registered: 2017-11-26

Posts: 1,622

Re: Bonnet release cable snapped

I had this with my Xantia and managed to get away with it by cutting a small bit of plastic along the front grille, just had a look at my Dispatch bonnet and I reckon the same might work on here

Get a flat headed screwdriver in there, hammer it and cut as shown:

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vaz2121

Member

From: Glasgow Living:~ SW. Scotland

Registered: 2015-08-31

Posts: 1,311

Re: Bonnet release cable snapped

This is something of a long shot...
If  you can get or someone to get under front of vehicle ..............
It's surprising how many can be reached and something connected to bonnet realese..............
It's not allways easy but can be do-able............

Some times it's handy to add a wire that's hiden but accessible from outside grill for such times your locked out.....
But as per norm [included]... mañana we're all guilty............

Casper

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From: East Lothian

Registered: 2015-12-20

Posts: 2,181

Re: Bonnet release cable snapped

It bloody snapped on both my convoys. Being a typical Jock a just bought the inner wire from a tandem push bike and fed that through the original sleeve rather than but a standard one. Must have saved £4   2nd one i could not be bothered again and just bought them bonnet catches. Anyway it was just a case off pull out the O/S headlamp and you could reach the Mechanism to open bonnet. Now you know how to get a free battery if ever stuck

sven

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Registered: 2021-04-15

Posts: 6

Re: Bonnet release cable snapped

Must have saved £4

A tad more than £4, I paid Peugeot £56 Friday afternoon, for the wire and outer sheath with the red handle pull thing, I then read that it may not even be the wire but it probably slipped out a plastic thingy, I then sussed I am to fat to fit under the front, I could have sworn I was slimmer.