99 z3 2.8l roadster

[Sijray21]

OK, so with the help of my wife I was able to get the hood to pop.

Without a second person to pull the hood release lever while I watched the latch area I couldn't tell where exactly the cable snapped. I waited until she was home last night and found that the cable wasn't actually snapped; instead i saw that the housing was destroyed and the cable didn't have any leverage to pull the latch release mechanism. I was able to snag the housing/cable with what was left with a loop pick thanks to the driver's side headlight being partially out.

Once the hood was popped open I immediately unbolted the hood latches. I already had a replacement hood release cable since I replaced the plastic lever mechanism that broke last year and didn't replace the cable itself... [emoji849]. I installed that last night and am waiting for the new oem hood latch replacements and secondary cable to arrive. I would've reused the existing hood latches, but at $17 for a new latch i figured that wasn't too much to spend on a new latch that should last as long as i have the car. I also noticed that the power steering cooler hard line needed to be replaced (heavily corroded), so that's also in the mail to get replaced soon.

Oh, well. Glad that's out. Should be on the road again soon.