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General => The garage => Topic started by: RyanVW on 15 January 2011, 15:40

Title: having a bad day... bonnet catch
Post by: RyanVW on 15 January 2011, 15:40

okay so i took apart the bonnet catch today in my mk3 cos it wasnt shutting properly.
I cleaned it, lubricated it then replaced it, but it was still catching and wouldnt shut properly so i narrowed it down to the cable, tightened this up a bit and it worked fine so i secured everything back in place, then shut the bonnet and now... i must have made it too tight because i cant open it  :cry:
iv took the grill off and i can hardly get at the bolts i can just about feel them with my fingeres but not undo them

any suggestions?!

Thanks

Title: Re: having a bad day... bonnet catch
Post by: RyanVW on 15 January 2011, 17:00

problem solved, was a pain in the arse though!

Title: Re: having a bad day... bonnet catch
Post by: gixer1400 on 15 January 2011, 17:33

for future ref how did you sort it ?  :huh:

Title: Re: having a bad day... bonnet catch
Post by: RyanVW on 15 January 2011, 17:50

Well i already had the grill off which made the bolts just about accessible with a flexible socket wrench, undo them and the bottom one which is easy to get to then a bit of fiddling to free the bonnet from the catch...

hard to explain without pics but i found it pretty fiddly  :grin: