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Old 10-15-2019, 02:27 PM
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Just replaced broken hood latch cable. My cable broke at the handle inside the car, as they often do. I had to manually unlatch hood by removing one grille, and moving a plastic shield (after pulling screws and plastic rivets out)..pretty challenging. the process is documented elsewhere, but the best tool is a long allen wrench with a short right angle in it. insert the allen key into a small nut driver with right angle pointing up and finds the cable mechanism to push on..

As for the cable replacement, remove screws on handle and dead pedal. To remove dead pedal (not well documented for E53 and different than E46 and E39) , pry up flat foot panel with small screwdriver and remove 2 bolts underneath. Then remove broken cable from inside car after pushing in rubber grommet at firewall. Insert new cable thru firewall from inside car and connect in engine bay junction box. Re-assemble handle and dead pedal..Good to go.
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