Front Hood Lock Cable Release Replacement, Is there a DIY available for replacement? Options

[earossi]

I need to replace the wire cable and its sheath that operates the front trunk hood. Is there an "easy" way to do this? Any pitfalls? Better yet, is there a DIY writeup out there. I used the Search feature but nothing turned up.

[HalfMoon]

No one's told you the fun part.
Getting it adjusted so it will reliably open the damn thing is an experience you will not want to do EVER again in this lifetime or the next. Don't ask how I know.
In fact after many many attempts I took the stoopid thing off and pinned it.

[mepstein]

No one's told you the fun part.
Getting it adjusted so it will reliably open the damn thing is an experience you will not want to do EVER again in this lifetime or the next. Don't ask how I know.
In fact after many many attempts I took the stoopid thing off and pinned it.

I'm not sure why you had so much trouble. I took mine apart. Lubed the cable, latch and lock. Reassembled, and it works perfectly. Didn't require any real fiddling, just tightened everything down and worked. Cable pull is much easier once it's all lubed and puts way less stress on the cable and mechanism (which is pretty universal when cleaning and lubing almost all the moving parts on our cars).