gday guys i know there are plenty of these threads but i cant find anything that has helped. 1st of all i replaced my bonnet cable a while ago because it had stretched so i fitted a second hand one but after a week that one had stretched aswell so i have bought a brand new one and it still wont pop the bonnet so im thinkiing i have ran the cable the wrong way so making it to short or something. if anyone has idea's or anything please let me know as im taking it over the pits soon and need it fixed. i currently have it going out the same grommet as a bunch of wires there is seperate little hole in it im gueesing its for the cable and then up around the right hand guard and along the rad support and clamp in tight. cheers PLEASE HELP

check the screw what is in front of radiator what clamps down to cable sometimes they **** up and the screw wont hold strong and the cable jackets slips and the cable inside the jacket dosent even move cause the jacket is sliding. it happend to mine i changd cable twice but then relised that the screw was tight but not tight enough to hold the cable jacket so taht when i pulled the lever the cable jacket would slide not the cable, so then the spring wouldnt pop

yeah im pretty sure that is fine because i have replaced the screw in there so its real tight. any other ideas? here are some pics of where i have it runniing im positive it cant be right. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

put the metal ring on the cable before the clamp on the rad support. those bonnet cables are designed to have tension on them all the time. in the 2nd pic .. the spring shud only be showing a little. not going half way thru .. hope this helps cheers

ok mate ill give it a shot thanks alot.

Quote: Originally Posted by gmhf18 put the metal ring on the cable before the clamp on the rad support. those bonnet cables are designed to have tension on them all the time. in the 2nd pic .. the spring shud only be showing a little. not going half way thru .. hope this helps cheers yeah mate what he said adjust it till it pops nice

ive pulled the cable tight so the spring is only just showing and clamped it but as soon as i let go of the cable it just returns to the same spot in the pic. any other ideas its driving me nuts that something so simple is giving me such a hard time. surely the cable doesnt just run under the overflow bottle like in the pics. this is a pic of where it is run (in red) but just runs along the guard and under the washer bottle. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

ill try get pic of mine tomoz, i just adjusted it 2 days ago, show me a pic of ur cable and spring after u adjusted it.

There's a small clamp that is meant to hold the plastic sheath of the cable, I can't see it in any of your pictures? Should be somewhere near the bonnet end of the cable.

yeah mate i have that little clamp but i tighten it as much as i can and it just slides back. its giving me ****s. ill give it another go now and post a pic

take pic of clamp and cable and spring all in one pic and ill have a look if it needs to be adjusted, cause in old pic the cable looks to loose in pic

i cant get my dumb one to sit where its supposed to i.e. it wont fit where the stock handle part was, it just comes off, so i shoved it up high so it wont falld own

yeah my stays in it spot but its like the cable is to long. ive givin up gonna get my mech to look at it when he puts my new suspension in.

well my mech couldnt get it to work propelry either we think the spring is way to stiff so im gonna get one from the wreckers and try that one but has anyone had problems with the cable kinking straight after the handle because of a little black box thing. straight after the release handle it bends 90 degrees. ive been trying to fix this problem for over 2 months now and have made no progress.

anyone have ideas how to get the bonnet open even when u manualy go up and down with the latch thats located above ac coil??.. i dont think the cables connected to it and i dont know how else to get the bonnet open??

if you take the grill out i think you can get to the loop that the cable sits in so you can pull it across. not 100% sure though.

go to a panel beaters they should be able to sort it out if they're any good