Rover 75 bonnet stuck

[davepoth]

My bonnet is stuck; I see from the internet that there's a "secret" method of popping it that isn't publicised due to theft risk - does anyone know what it is, and could they PM me with it?

[davepoth]

It doesn't do much - the pull goes all the way to the far end of the travel without doing anything. I've sent a PM to a mod on the 75 & ZT club.

[davepoth]

I have the secret knowledge now.

But the bonnet is still stuck.

I'll have another try when it's daylight.

[davepoth]

Bonnet is still stuck, but I have made progress. The easiest way seems to be to take the grille out (which involves destroying a pair of plastic screws that hold it in), which gives (very limited!) access to the bolts that hold the spring loaded plunger onto the bonnet. Around 1/16 of a turn each time using a ring spanner, it's going to take a while. But I'm making progress and hope to see the engine again shortly.

[davepoth]

john2443 said:

It's a common issue, there's a splitter from one cable into 2 and the joining block is mostly assembled the wrong way round so that the nipples pop out of the block. Google will give the solution of re-building it the right way round and cable tying it down.

I was hoping it was going to be that but it was the longer of the two cables that had actually snapped at the plunger end.