997 mk 2 with completely flat battery and closed hood

[snail888]

Hi
I've connected the dead car to a donor battery via fuse box and I get power to put lights on but neither switch or key will open bonnet.
I left it connected up with everything off 10 minutes. Bonnet wont open.
I've also tried using the battery on my l200 while it was running and again I can prove power is going in but bonnet wont open off switch or key.
Before taking the wheel.off and trying to get under the lining I found a ring pull in front of drivers door attached to a cable.
I've tried pulling but it's hard and I worried I'm going to snap it. Could this be the cable to my bonnet. It's not the petrol cap.
If anyone has pulled this cable how hard did you pull and am.i likely.to snap it.
Many thanks

[DRH986]

I've pulled the cable on my old 987 with the arch liner removed just to check how it operates when I was doing some other work and I recall it needed quite a hard pull. On my (several) 986 and 987s, I'm sure the emergency release cables were always on the left side, not driver's side (UK) and certainly didn't reach anywhere close to the door pillar.

[Scrump]

The wire pull near the drivers door is for the fuel flap on a 996 and I would expect it to be similar on a 997.

[snail888]

Thanks for the comments. I almost certain it doesnt go to flap but
Left fuse connected to donor battery gave up 30 minutes later went back pressed key and bonnet opens.
Dont know if it was the 2 days on trickle via cigarette lighter, the 15 minutes connected to the l200 or 30 minutes on the donor or a combination of all of them. Thankfully its open
Cheers

[Jakob911]

Thought this a good video on the topic of batteries, jumping, hoods not opening for 996-992. I enjoy his videos https://youtu.be/kvGI5wvm-d4