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shunhook

02-11-2007 04:08 PM

bonnet release mechanism

The bonnet release mechanism on my Cooper has jammed and I cannot open it. Has anyone any ideas for releasing the catch? This is fairly urgent since I need an MOT

cougsfan

02-13-2007 01:50 AM

RE: bonnet release mechanism

Has the front end ever been tweaked?
I don't know about a mini. But I had a VW Scirrocco once that woulodn't releas. I took the release handle off and grabbed the cable with a pair of vice grips and pulled hard. It worked until I could get a new cable.
The mini has two cables, one for each side, so yiou may have to pull two cables by hand

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