Remote Bonnet Release Delete

[Stefano]

The remote bonnet release handle let go of the cable after 10-20 uses and I would like to convert to old style cable behind-the-grill type (clutter and complexity reducing). Problem is I don't want to stay with the LR grill which gives access for cable actuation.

I like SDO-Jason's grill that is made with a cut-out for cable access but the cut-out is in the center and the cable exit point on my truck is 7" off-center-to the passenger-side. Pulling the cable from that center position would quickly wear through the cable and start a notch in the cable exit hole.

Is there an easy bolt-on solution from an older truck or am I going to have to fabricate a roller inline with the cable exit hole so the cable can be pulled from that center position?

 

[javelinadave]

Couldn't you get the grill without the cutout and plan on pulling the screws to gain access to your bonnet release?
Did your failing cable come with a blue label? Perhaps try one with a green label before you modify anything.

 

[Stefano]

Thanks for the response Dave.

I don't know which cable I had. It looked new, so I think Johan's crew installed it when they installed my AC before they shipped from The Netherlands.

I'm bent on getting rid of it and your response got me thinking that I can make a short cable that terminates, and is attached, at the cable's wing routing hole. Just tight enough to enable me to pull on the cable itself using a hook-type spring puller fished through one of the grill holes. I'll let you know if it works.

 

[LiquidMoose]

I'm a fan of the kiss approach.
Immediate increase in the quality of life after the modification.

 

[evilfij]

The old style with the lever requires a new slam panel. I have one for the extended grill models. It’s going on my NAS110 at some point.

I have my cable dangling like a pull cord on a chainsaw on the red truck and the white truck has hood pins (which I hated at first but have to come to like).

 

[Stefano]

The old style was a lever only or a lever pulling on a cable?

 

[evilfij]

Lever only. Directly on the latch.

 

[Stefano]

Don’t see in parts files. All obsolete parts?

 

[evilfij]

I think when I looked 10 years ago they were all superseded NLA. The set up also had a lock on the bonnet rather than the pointed secondary latch. 83 and 84 I saw them on (maybe they went later).

 

[evilfij]

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[Tbaumer]

My 1986 110 has the direct lever style (& separate lock for the bonnet). Parts catalogue shows MRC6977 for the bonnet catch & MRC6978 for the top washer plate. A lot of sites list them, but many show out of stock or back ordered. Looks like it may have been used on Series 3 up to 1994 Defenders.