Separating and connecting cable — VW

🧭 Before you start

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• Close cover (2)(arrow d) and relieve tension on cable (3)(arrow c) (must be seated in guide slots in coupling).

📋 Procedure

1. Open bonnet.
2. Unclip cable coupling (1) above headlight on driver side from lock carrier (4)(arrows a).
3. Tension cable (3) in (direction of arrow c).
4. Open cover (2)(arrow b).
5. Swing cable (3) by 90° (arrow d).

6. Separate cable (3) from cable coupling (1)(arrow e).
7. Attach cable ball (3) to cable coupling (1)(a).
8. Tension cable (3) and insert it into cable coupling (1)(arrow b).
9. Close cover (2)(arrow d) and relieve tension on cable (3)(arrow c) (must be seated in guide slots in coupling).
10. Clip cable coupling (1) and cable (3) into lock carrier (4)(arrow e).
11. Attach grommets (5) and (6).
12. Guide cable (3) into longitudinal member and push it out of grommet (6).
13. Push cable (3) through grommet (5) into interior.

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