[aualexa2]

Hi guys,

Also posted this on RL. So, here's the story...a friend calls me up and ask me to help him figure out how to get the trunk of his 2008 997 cab open because his battery is dead. Not being that familiar with the water cooled cars (mine is an '87), I search the forum and find three possible options:

1) Jump the hood latch at the fuse box
2) Chage the battery through the cig lighter long enough to be able to pop the hood
3) OPen some panel in the wheel well to access the cable (not sure if this one actually applies to this model year)

So, I tell him the options, and he calls me back a bit later and tells me that he found the ground for the hood in the fuse box, but it's small and too far back to be able to get access to it. He tried with some forceps to grab it and pull it forward but wasn't able. Next, he figures he'll go buy a charger that goes through the cig lighter. He pushed the lighter in though, and now it won't come out. So, here are my questions:

1) Is it THAT difficult to access the ground in the fuse box? Any tips for making it easy?
2) With a dead battery, how can you get the cig lighter out?
3) Anyone know if there is a emergency release cable inside the wheel well on a '08 997? Anyone have pics?

Thanks in advance!

Alex