- assistant;
- nylon cord at least 5 m long;
- plastic ballpoint pen body;
- a piece of thin steel wire 10 cm long or a paper clip.
Lubrication
1. Disconnect the bent end of the rod from the hood lock lever.
2. Inject penetrating lubricant into the rod casing.
3. Inject penetrating lubricant into the casing from the other end of the rod (see point 9).
Removal
Note. To replace the hood lock rod together with the casing, you need to do a labor-intensive job - remove the instrument panel. Here is a method for replacing the hood lock rod with minimal disassembly. If the rod moves easily in the casing, and you have to replace it because it broke, then you can replace only the cable by pushing it into the old casing.
4. Using an 8 mm open-end wrench, unscrew the nut of the rod mounting clamp.
Note: The nut is located above the clamp loop, making it difficult to access (the photo shows a view from below).
5. Remove the clamp first from the threaded stud, and then from the rod casing.
6. After unscrewing three bolts, remove the left headlight shield.
Note: On early production vehicles, the upper front cross member has a different shape and does not have a headlight shield.
7. Pull the hood lock rod casing into the resulting opening.
8. Fold the nylon cord in half and place the resulting cord loop on the bent end of the cable. Tuck the end of the cable into the sheath.
9. With a 13 mm socket wrench with a ratchet (or with a spanner), through the open cover of the mounting block, unscrew the axis with the hexagonal head of the hood opening handle (for clarity, the photograph shows a view with the instrument panel removed; access to the axle is hindered by wire harnesses).
10. Remove the handle axle and take the rod casing out of the bracket slot. Lower the handle under the instrument panel and take the plastic rod end out of the handle.
11. Pull the hood lock rod into the car interior (before the cord appeared).
12. Disconnect the cord from the rod and remove the rod assembly with the casing.
Installation
1. Using a steel wire, bend the loop at the end and pull the cord loop through the body of the ballpoint pen (the tapering part of the handle body should be directed in the opposite direction from the cord loop).
2. Using pliers, bend the end of the new 3-4 cm long rod into a loop. Put the cord loop on the bent end of the rod. To securely fix the cord on the rod, secure the loop with insulating tape.
3. Tightly push the handle body part onto the casing of the new rod.
Apply a little penetrating liquid to the body of the pen.
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4. Insert the plastic end of the new cable into the hood release handle (see item 10).
Note: The following action should be performed together with an assistant.
5. From outside the car, smoothly pull the hood lock drive rod using the cord, while simultaneously directing the handle body from the inside of the car into the hole in the rubber seal of the engine compartment partition.
6. Pull the rod outward.
7. Secure the lock opening handle to the axis (see item 9).
8. Remove the cord and attach the rod to the hood lock.
Note: When attaching the drive rod to the hood lock lever, first put the lock in place for fitting. Make sure that the rod is routed correctly - no twisting or kinks in the casing. Use pliers to fully extend the rod and mark the bend in the rod.
9. Further assembly is carried out in the reverse order of disassembly.