[Miata] Wonky hood release

[John Freas]

Previously on Wonky Cable,  Jim Wharton <jwr10 at comcast.net> said...
>
>  After some more reflection and a beer or three to strengthen memory
> cells, I think it's just a ball type end similar to a motorcycle cable. If
> you pull the handle straight out and clamp the rear of the cable where it
> disappears into it's jacket with pliers, it will relieve the tension on the
> handle. From there you should be able to waggle the handle & get it back
> into position. It will all make more sense if you can just dive in head
> first with a flashlight and actually see it. Not hard at all really, just
> hard to explain.
>
Thanks Jim, I had a few minutes to take a look at it today and it was really
simple.  The handle does appear to be integral to the cable, but it has a
threaded grommet-like part that passes through a slot in the dash.  That
part is keyed to only go in one way and the whole affair is held in from
behind the dash by a nut that threads onto the grommet-thing.

It turns out that the nut had backed off enough to let the grommet-thing pop
out of the slot in the dash, which allowed it to rotate.  Simply reinserting
it and tightening the nut solved the problem.  As you say just diving in
solved the problem in about 2 minutes.

Thanks.

     -John
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