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rockola · Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 20 Location: Espoo, Finland

Short question: will the hood release cable from a Golf/Rabbit work in the 924? If not, is there another that will?
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Paul · Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 8:22 am Post subject:

Short answer $18 US for a new one, why bother?

rockola · Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 20 Location: Espoo, Finland

78porsche924 · Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 5:20 pm Post subject:

Should be the same as the 944 i would assume and my dealer carries the sunroof clips for 944s. If you really wanted to you could use bicycle brake cables if u rigged it up correctly i would assume if u really are in a pinch.
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Smoothie · Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 7:29 am Post subject:

If your looking to get McGyver-ish..
I recently replaced the inner twisted cable of a lawnmower control with some 16 gauge solid wire exactly like this -
(click small pic for large)

Here's the mower fix -
I used small machine screws, nuts and washers at both ends to terminate the wire. If so inclined, you could do something similar to this with the hood release cable if the outer sheath is reusable. There are no sharp bends, so a solid wire would work fine. Grease it as you slip it in.

I measure the OE hood release inner cable at .057" (1.45mm) and the 16 gauge galvanized solid wire at .063" (1.6mm) - probably close enough for the 16 ga. wire to fit.
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