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and his sig also has the link to the Aussie MB clubI have the coupe SEC which is different, i think once you pull the release lever in front of the drivers door, next to your leg space, the hood should go up 1 step, search with your fingers and there should be 2 release levers on both sides of the hood.
Otherwise, a second step hood release will stick out from the grill when you pull the hood up slightly.
#10 is the inside car lever. RHD will be on the opposite side.
Beside fellow mod 420 SE aka Ross from Down Under, ianrandom in UK might be able to help with RHD specific issues.
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Thank you so much. It is RHD so I take it the release will be on the left hand side. Having new rotors fitted so can't wait to get it back & have a good sticky beak under the bonnet.
Yes, the release handle. # 10 in the diagram will be on your passenger side, near your passengers left knee, and will let your hood pop up slightly.
The second release will be a lever that sticks slightly out of your grille, # 7 in diagram (or on either side of the grille). I am more familiar with the coupe, and a different front release..
Edited 10/18 re hood release
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Bonnet release on RHD is on the left, passenger side. Then Teutone has explained the rest very nicely for you. Early saloons have the little levers either side of the grille for the secondary release. Later ones have a tab that pops out of the grille but I dunno when the changes happened.
Bonnet release on RHD is on the left, passenger side. Then Teutone has explained the rest very nicely for you. Early saloons have the little levers either side of the grille for the secondary release. Later ones have a tab that pops out of the grille but I dunno when the changes happened.
We live and learn, I didn't know that. (edited my earlier post)
So the German engineers were lazier than their Brit counterparts. The Jaguars and Aston Martin my family had in Germany were of course LHD, but with hood releases on the left, next to the driver.
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