awkwardbob
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Hi,
Have been quiet here for a while as life got rather busy (and expensive) and ive not had much time to spend on the L322.
After locking me out and having to have her broken into, the garage informed me that one of the bonnet latches (Drivers side) was gubbed and not ‘latching’ but that the other one was holding it firmly in place.
No Problem, thinks I, I’ll just replace the faulty latch at my leisure but when I went to try and open the bonnet, the release cable does hee-haw. The LH Latch doesnt budge.
I figured I’d just take it back to the garage after replacing the faulty height sensor but I didnt get around to it until today whereupon the car battery has gone so flat that the central locking wont work, the alarm was sounding and the key wouldn’t turn in the ignition.
So I guess I have 2 questions: How do I get the bl**y bonnet open ? Is there a fishing trick to snag the cable for the passenger side latch ?
And where best to inject 12V ? I obviously can’t get jump leads onto the flat battery as the dang bonnet is stuck shut.
Thanks for your help
Grumpy from Glasgow
Have been quiet here for a while as life got rather busy (and expensive) and ive not had much time to spend on the L322.
After locking me out and having to have her broken into, the garage informed me that one of the bonnet latches (Drivers side) was gubbed and not ‘latching’ but that the other one was holding it firmly in place.
No Problem, thinks I, I’ll just replace the faulty latch at my leisure but when I went to try and open the bonnet, the release cable does hee-haw. The LH Latch doesnt budge.
I figured I’d just take it back to the garage after replacing the faulty height sensor but I didnt get around to it until today whereupon the car battery has gone so flat that the central locking wont work, the alarm was sounding and the key wouldn’t turn in the ignition.
So I guess I have 2 questions: How do I get the bl**y bonnet open ? Is there a fishing trick to snag the cable for the passenger side latch ?
And where best to inject 12V ? I obviously can’t get jump leads onto the flat battery as the dang bonnet is stuck shut.
Thanks for your help
Grumpy from Glasgow