This is new to me.

This is if your hood release cable broke or is for some reason inoperative.

"How to open stuck hood on Mercedes W123"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=h5URQ3XGtnA

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

Thanks for sharing this. Perhaps it’s time for me to pick up a spare hood release cable.

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Marshall Welch
Seattle, WA
1982 300D-T

That's a handy trick, but why would anyone ever need to open the hood of a W123???

gotta look at that as my cable is getting long in the tooth

The way parts for W123's are being discontinued getting some parts could be good investment even if you only sold them later.

Another place this method could be helpful is if you found a W123 at junkyard that you could not get the hood open on.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

Oh man what a neat trick! I’ve seen some 123s with broken cables and levers while bottom feeding on Craigslist.

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79 300TD “Old Smokey” AKA “The Mistake” (SOLD)
82 240D stick shift 335k miles (SOLD)
82 300SD 300k miles
85 300D Turbodiesel 170k miles
97 C280 147k miles

Almost makes me want to remove the screw as a precaution. I'll at least look at it before there's a problem.

This would work on a 126 too.

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.