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Hey i have a BA V8 mont ghia, and the latch u pull to open the bonnet has broken off i was wondering if i have to replace the whole thing or can i just replace the latch.
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its a common thing on the ba's. the latch and cable come are sold as one part. sells for around $35 at ford.
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Age: 47 Posts: 2486 Joined: 6th Oct 2005 Ride: 93EB Fairmont / BA Falcon XR6T Location: Western Sydney |
They are a bit of a pain to change as well. The bonnet cable runs to the front through the front guard. Ive changed mine and a bit of swearing was involved.
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great
 My dad broke it so i might get him to fix it lol
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Age: 47 Posts: 2486 Joined: 6th Oct 2005 Ride: 93EB Fairmont / BA Falcon XR6T Location: Western Sydney |
If your lucky you might be able to get a new bonnet cable and take the parts broken and put it on the old one.
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take it there not ezy to pull out, my mate's bro works at a wreckers might be able to get a free one off him, but if its hard to get out wont worry
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Don't know if this is relevent to a BA this was on an XF.If it's just the grab that the fingers go around I have fixed a couple by super gluing some thick plastic into the crevice cut to size.What I used was a piece cut from an Apple Imac shell about 5mm thick and slightly curved worked perfectly.Even if you put in a new one and it is able to be strengthed this way might be worth doing.Cheers.
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Definitely get a new one from Ford, they've made changes to them, the new design ones don't break.
I got mine replaced under warranty, new one's been great.
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The bit that holds the cable broke, i can still get to the cable just need to find something to pull it with.
{USERNAME} wrote: Definitely get a new one from Ford, they've made changes to them, the new design ones don't break. I got mine replaced under warranty, new one's been great. Do you know the parts number for the newer one. There's some on ebay for $15 and some for $30 not sure if the cheaper is the older one. |
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Not sure, but I think the part number is the same, they made a running change, so any new ones will be fine. Best source it from Ford.
A pair of pliers will be enough to pull the cable to get it open again.
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