Help ..... Ive been a dimwit.

[allsop60]

Following on from a recent post regarding a dodgy starter motor I thought I would have a look at it myself, so with safety in mind disconnected the battery, of course I remembered not to close the bonnet NOT.The car in question is a 997t and my question is how the hell do I get the bonnet open to re-connect the battery? I,ve tried the leads onto the little post in the fuse box but that I think only works when the battery is dead but connected to the posts. Thanks in advance for any help ,yours truly a dimwit....

[matjk]

not a clue if a 997 is the same as my boxster but whilst i was trying to fix a leaking door membrane on the drivers side i found a little pull cord inside the A pillar, curiosity got the better of me and i pulled it and the front bot popped open,

[matjk]

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/boxster-cayman-foru...

worth a read

[blueSL]

Surprised connecting to the post in the fuse box does not work; you should double check, also that you've got a good ground connection. Such a backup should work irrespective of the state of the battery, including it being disconnected.

Failing that - and this is for when the latch motor fails - there is a cable which finds itself into the near-side front wheel arch. Jack the car up, remove the 4 T25 screws holding the front section of the wheel arch liner (and 1 or 2 T30 underneath). Remove the liner and you should be able to see the cable poking through. Pull hard on it and pray it doesn't break.

[Hilux2400]

If you can't find the front cable here is another way.

The engine bay also has a release cable which emerges below the left rear light (looking from the back of the car). You will need a plastic or timber wedge and a coat hanger wire about 300mm long with a hook bent at the end. Push the wedge in under the rear light cluster to form a gap. Put in the hooked end of the wire coat hanger and fish out the looped end of the release cable. Press down lightly on the engine cover and at the same time pull the cable to release the engine bay catch. Now that the engine bay cover is open connect the battery to the +ve jump start post and the -ve of the battery to the ground post. You will now be able to operate the boot lid in the normal way.

When you have done all this look for the boot lid release cable and extend it with a nylon cord to a convenient location behind the front wheel arch internal covers. It will help the next time this happens.

H

[Pope]

Powered emergency release should function with external power?

Try connecting again but press and hold the front lid release on the key instead

[allsop60]

Thanks everyone for the help, although nothing I tried managed to get the bl###y thing open.Removed the wheel arch liners with no sign of any cables poking out to pull on.The good news and a top tip for any other fellow dimwits out there is this.... with the help of someone holding the rocker switch on the sill in the open position I got a metal coat hangar , straightened out with a hook at the end and going in between windscreen and trailing edge of the bonnet managed to hook the negative lead and touch it onto the battery post and joy of joys it popped open. Never would have thought that getting the bonnet open could give so much happiness.

[anonymous-user]

Hilux2400 said:

If you can't find the front cable here is another way.

The engine bay also has a release cable which emerges below the left rear light (looking from the back of the car). You will need a plastic or timber wedge and a coat hanger wire about 300mm long with a hook bent at the end. Push the wedge in under the rear light cluster to form a gap. Put in the hooked end of the wire coat hanger and fish out the looped end of the release cable. Press down lightly on the engine cover and at the same time pull the cable to release the engine bay catch. Now that the engine bay cover is open connect the battery to the +ve jump start post and the -ve of the battery to the ground post. You will now be able to operate the boot lid in the normal way.

When you have done all this look for the boot lid release cable and extend it with a nylon cord to a convenient location behind the front wheel arch internal covers. It will help the next time this happens.

H

Will that work with the battery disconnected?

[anonymous-user]

Pope said:

Powered emergency release should function with external power?

Try connecting again but press and hold the front lid release on the key instead

Again, will that work with the battery disconnected?

[Hilux2400]

I use the engine bay posts as a 12v bridge when I change the battery. I connect a 12v fused supply to this point to keep everything live so that I don't have to re-set anything when the main battery is removed. However, a word of caution, if you have a 12v supply connected to these points in the engine bay don't start the car unless you have the main battery in place and connected. If the engine is running, without the main battery connected, and one of the croc connectors comes off the posts in the engine bay your alternator will fry the ECU.

[Wozy68]

REALIST123 said:

Again, will that work with the battery disconnected?

I have a customer who keeps a Boxster down in Spain at his villa there. If I understood correctly, his local mechanic got his bonnet open for him by using the technique 'Pope' describes, and he also did not have a battery connected.

Edited by Wozy68 on Saturday 19th April 23:14

[ro55a]

I have a boxster( sorry) if you lay under the front bumper, where the plate fits, there's a cord/ wire, pull it and the boot opens. Can only imagine its the same for the 911?