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TheVintageVw
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Joined: July 19, 2004
Posts: 680
Location: Porter Ranch California
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 Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2025 7:55 pm Post subject: Repairing the hood release cable? |
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Has anyone ever repaired the hood release cable? My cable has snapped and it's too short. I have the OEM with the vw stamp and I'd hate to replace it if I can repair it...Solder? Any ideas?
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57BLITZ
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Joined: June 12, 2012
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Location: DEEK - U.S.A.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2025 1:58 pm Post subject: Re: Repairing the hood release cable? |
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| TheVintageVw wrote: |
| ....Solder? Any ideas? |
Yep! Search "music wire" or "piano wire" and find some the same size as the wire that's on your trunk release. Buy a "silver solder kit". You will also want a foot or two of copper wire... like the stuff found in "cat5" or phone cable.
Overlap the old trunk-release wire with the new piece of music-wire by two inches and then tightly wrap the splice with the copper wire without gaps... the copper wire is to be wrapped such that the copper is a single layer with the first wrap touching the next wrap and so on the entire length of the splice.
This photo shows the technique I just described being applied to create a model airplane landing gear... https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3Yt2TgxgVnk/maxresdefault.jpg
Apply the liquid flux and silver solder. Strong stuff!
All the best on yer project!
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my3bugs
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Joined: June 18, 2003
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Location: Moreno Valley
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| Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2025 2:22 pm Post subject: Re: Repairing the hood release cable? |
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| i dont know about yours being flat stamped with the VW logo , i think the one i repaired was a triangular stamped , i cant be sure , but i drilled a small hole and crimped in a wire i had . its not a pretty bug so i try all sorts of my own repairs .. |
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