Hood Release broken on 1997 XJ8 Jaguar

1997 JAGUAR XJ8
130,000 MILES
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ALLAN EWIN
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I have a 1997 XJ8 Jaguar which has a dual realease cables on the one lever located on the drivers side of the vehicle. The cable that realease the drivers side of the hood appears to be broken on the realease end under the hood. I have removed the guard panels in the wheel arch but ther appears to be no access through that point. Ther doesn''t appear to be any access up under the dash apart to feed the new cabe through. There must be a way. Thankyou for your help. Cheers Allan.
Apr 20, 2013 at 3:45 AM
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ASEMASTER6371
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last one i saw done was at a dealer and they remove the front of the hood and lifted till they could release the latch. a lot of work

Roy
Apr 20, 2013 at 3:48 AM
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