It's not just that Jano, i managed to lever it a bit further with a big screwdriver but now there's no room for my hand to get in and pull the bloody cable What a bloody awkward position it's in cos i can't get any strength at this stupid angle. What the hell were ford thinkin trying to squeeze all this stuff into such a small engine bay!! THERE IS NO BLOODY ROOM

Rant over

P.S. I've now spent 3 days on this. The moral of the story - if it aint broke don't fix it