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- ChrisJerman
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- Mole HD
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ChrisJerman wrote:
Thanks for the reply, I gave up though and sent it to my indy to have a look. He was unable to get the handle off as I had also been. Looks like previous owner has glued it on ! maybe it kept coming off, but he must have been a dab hand with super glue as I today removed what was left of a badly aligned set of bonnet letters only to find the Y had been stuck back on with super glue ! Took me about 2hrs with a heat gun and goo gone to get the glue residue off !
Anyway my indy managed to fix the stretched cable from the bonnet end by fitting spacers, fingers crossed it holds as will probably have to break the handle off if it doesn't work
A couple of spacers like your Indy fitted is the cheaper and less stressful way of repairing a stretched bonnet release cable, regardless of the make or model of car...they're always a pain to replace
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- ankur
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Yeah... i've not had the best luck with indy or dealerships when it comes to Land Rovers. My last car (disco 3) all bar one refused to work on
This car that I have now (disco 5 early 2018) I fixed after it was flood damaged due to the windshield issue, so i'm expecting a lot of push back again 
I ended up doing it myself, it's not too bad, i had to remove an ECU under the bonnet on the passenger side (left hand side) which was the most difficult bit, but everything else was pretty quick. -
- Mole HD
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Besides the electronics... which I'm still playing catch up on...my basic Land Rover spannering skills are over 25 years out of date since I worked for the largest 4X4 hire company in the UK as a mobile fitter.
But...someone managed to start a war in the middle east in 1990 when the ink still hadn't dried on my freshly signed reserve commitment so I had to pop off and sort that out...which ended up with me hanging around for another 14 years in the army after that escapade... and other randomly occurring bunfights that kept me busy... until Terry Taliban had quite enough of my nonsense and finally blew me up
I still like keeping my spanners oily though, especially since I've now officially 'retired' as a farmer, I've got more time to faff around working on my motorbikes and stuff.
I genuinely enjoy being hands on with my own Land Rovers, my old D2's and the D4 had enough of my blood soaked into them over the years they could have been relatives....at the end of the day, the old mechanical skills and experience are always going to be relevant, especially when you can brush past most of the electronic trickeries with a GAP IID tool...
As a Land Rover owner, there's nothing more satisfying than stepping back after you've tackled a mechanical repair on your own vehicle, no matter how big or small, and thinking,
"I did that."
Atque in perpetuum, frater. Ave atque vale
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