Re: [doc] Bonnet/hood Locked, Cable Broke cannot get in - HELP!

["mrvic20" <mrvic20@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Nick

I got it open using that method - I love the DOC!

many thanks

Craig DOC388
Vin 16723

--- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Nick Tomlinson 
<nickandkathryntomlinson@xxxx> wrote:
> I'm sure if I remember correctly, if you get underneath the left 
hand front wheel arch (remove wheel) then you can pop up the rubber 
blanking plug for the top of the brake fluid reservoir, then use a 
stretched out coat hanger with a small bend in the end to act like a 
U shaped hook, to pull the bonnet release mechanism (and use some 
luck)
>  
> I am sure this was covered with a nice diagram in a Deloreans 
magazine tech column.
>  
> NickT.
> 
> mrvic20 <mrvic20@xxxx> wrote:
> MOT on wednesday but cannot open bonnet at the mo. The cable had 
been 
> bodged with a nut on the end rather than the original 
stopper...the 
> bolt has come off....aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
> 
> After poking for an hour i have no success. any magic tips. If i 
> cannot put fuel in i will not make it to the mot garage...oh no
> 
> Please say there is a magic solution
> 
> many thanks
> 
> Craig 388
> VIN 16723
> 
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