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The dreaded bonnet cable repair... never again! Full replacement of the cable (new part from Volvo) and then a bonnet lock from a scrapper to replace the butchered one on mine. The removal of the old cable is easy and most of the installation of the new one is easy... until you have to route it from the rubber gromit in the wheelarch to the pull handle... lots of swearing involved.

Curiously the microswitches on phase 1 and 2 models appear to be set up differently despite having the same bonnet catch - when in the open position, the new switch thinks the bonnet is closed and the immobilser will arm as normal. When in the closed position, it assumes the bonnet is open and the immobiliser won't arm. (And no, before anyone asks, it doesn't matter which way round the wires go!) Which makes me think the older switches such as this one that I pinched from a T reg example were wired as a push to break circuit, with my 02 reg example being setup for a completed circuit? Who knows...