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Originally Posted by Kevin Williams
I opened the bonnet on my ZT yesterday but was more difficult than normal.
The bonnet pull/lever in the car has always stood out a little compared with the one in my 75 Tourer which is flush in the housing, and always seemed a little "slack"in comparison. Yesterday my normal gentle pull did nothing, but a second even more gentle tug opened the bonnet as normal, as though a cable had stretched.
So, while I'm not planning to pull the bonnet more than normal, is this a clue that one or more parts of the pull system is failing and a replacement needed?
Any advice welcomed-thanks in advance
Kevin
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Underneath the bonnet on the right hand side inner wing is a little box which is where the single cable divides into two , Remove and check the condition of this as it has been known to to cause problems , Check the outer cables are located correctly in the housing as have seen them where the outer cable has pulled out the locator
Once removed this gives you access to manually check your cables for operation.
Your two latch cables can be pulled with plyers to check the operation without removing them.
As others have said , often' the sign of a slack cable is latches not returning fully
Obviously it will be evident if any thing seized up