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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2019 15:56:59 GMT 1
As a temporary measure you could remove the cable assembly from the lock mechanism and front grille, refit the bonnet lock to the slam lock panel and using a long thin flat blade screwdriver through the hole behind the Ford badge on the grille you can operate the bonnet lock directly without a key. Don't have any experience with pattern parts on these jobs I normally just buy the Ford kit and renew.
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Post by focusman on Jul 8, 2019 9:32:28 GMT 1
Hi Guardian, EXACTLY what I've done !! (see previous posting).
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Post by Karl on Jul 8, 2019 21:02:21 GMT 1
Sounds like a bit of an ordeal
Can be the case were you tackle a job for the first time
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2019 18:25:45 GMT 1
Sounds like a bit of an ordeal Can be the case were you tackle a job for the first time Everyday is an ordeal when you get around my age in this job  As we say, every day we're in the crap and the only thing that changes is the depth of it. |
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Post by focusman on Aug 28, 2019 8:52:00 GMT 1
Hi all, Thought that I would update this post now that some time has passed since I "fixed" it (hopefully !)
I dismantled the lock barrel end of the cable and found that the problem was NOT with the cable itself - there is a cylindrical termination to the cable that meshes with the barrel and it had become loose on the cable. To cut a long story short, I decided to attempt a repair by using epoxy resin adhesive to refix the termination on the cable. I drilled a small hole in the alloy termination to let the air out, "painted" the end of the cable and the inside of the termination with adhesive (having cleaned both parts thoroughly) and push the two together. The tricky thing was to get everything aligned and I had a few goes before I got it right. (The small hole also allowed me to drift the two apart when I got it wrong !!) Anyway, it's been back on the car now for some time, and I've opened the bonnet a dozen or so times, and it's still working (fingers crossed !!) Hope this detail might be of some help to others in the future
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Post by valhalla on Oct 13, 2019 1:43:48 GMT 1
Hi all, Thought that I would update this post now that some time has passed since I "fixed" it (hopefully !)
I dismantled the lock barrel end of the cable and found that the problem was NOT with the cable itself - there is a cylindrical termination to the cable that meshes with the barrel and it had become loose on the cable. To cut a long story short, I decided to attempt a repair by using epoxy resin adhesive to refix the termination on the cable. I drilled a small hole in the alloy termination to let the air out, "painted" the end of the cable and the inside of the termination with adhesive (having cleaned both parts thoroughly) and push the two together. The tricky thing was to get everything aligned and I had a few goes before I got it right. (The small hole also allowed me to drift the two apart when I got it wrong !!) Anyway, it's been back on the car now for some time, and I've opened the bonnet a dozen or so times, and it's still working (fingers crossed !!) Hope this detail might be of some help to others in the future
It certainly will help me, the whole thread. Thanks to everyone here. The new project 07 Focus awaits the long screwdriver through the grille, then maybe a homemade solution for the longer term. |
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Post by valhalla on Oct 13, 2019 21:48:45 GMT 1
This is the tool that I made. Having found the lock barrel and extension piece in the boot of the car, it was a trivial exercise to manufacture a tool to turn the lock mechanism via its white nylon male adapter using an old, long screwdriver. I needed to use quite a large dimension blade width, as the tool needs the cut-out in the middle of the blade to give two decent tangs by which to operate the lock;
The detail on the blade, which is about 7mm across before I ground the middle out;
It was no problem to get a sizable screwdriver through the bonnet lock aperture, as even a 3/8" drive bar and 13mm socket would go through. I know this, because my first job tomorrow is to recover the socket from behind the grille....
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Post by focusman on Jun 20, 2020 10:00:07 GMT 1
Just an update - after nearly a year (with many openings), the bonnet lock cable repair is still holding ..... (Will probably regret saying this !! )
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Post by valhalla on Jun 20, 2020 17:30:52 GMT 1
Just an update - after nearly a year (with many openings), the bonnet lock cable repair is still holding ..... (Will probably regret saying this !! ) Can you possibly mean "a Ford" in discussion here?
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Post by focusman on Jun 29, 2020 18:17:45 GMT 1
Just an update - after nearly a year (with many openings), the bonnet lock cable repair is still holding ..... (Will probably regret saying this !! ) Can you possibly mean "a Ford" in discussion here?
Mmmm !! You've got me on that one !! (I'll probably kick myself !!) Go, on ! Go on ! Go on ! Sock it to me baby !!! |
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Post by valhalla on Jun 29, 2020 23:28:33 GMT 1
Can you possibly mean "a Ford" in discussion here?
Mmmm !! You've got me on that one !! (I'll probably kick myself !!) Go, on ! Go on ! Go on ! Sock it to me baby !!! Well, to put it as gently as possible...... 
.....most of my customers don't even notice that their bonnet locks/cables are seized, whereas I can almost guarantee that every Ford owner will have found out, during their normal day-to-day running, that the bonnet release doesn't work.
Put it another way, some makes and models I see, infrequently, might as well have their bonnets welded shut, for all it matters......Hondas and Volvos seem to be particularly bad at having moss growing around the bonnet apertures!!  |
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