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PerL, This is what I have done to my VW 411. Twice it has saved me. I have also seen this backup arrangement as a standard production fitting on some modern Ferraris and Maseratis. However, with Type3s and Type 4s I think the problem is not usually caused by a snapped cable but by the papiermache glovebox distintegrating where the operating lever is inside the glovebox. Why VW made gloveboxes of this material I just do not understand. Why not metal or plastic? Simon Glen Toowoomba, Australia. Per Lindgren wrote: > With all these tales of broken or un-hooked cables on the front end, I thought > I'd remind you of the trick Karl-Olov told me about some time ago. > > Install an extra cable on the latch, run it through grommets into the headlight > bucket. If the stock cable snaps, remove the headlight and pull the emergency > cable to get the hood opened. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe