Thermador:How to replace oven door cable/spring

Oven/Range/Cooktop Repair
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" I have a Thermador Micro-Convection Built In model# MCB265; circa 1989

The other evening my wife was opening the oven and heard a noise, and the oven door felt heavy.
I looked around and noticed the door hinge cable was broken on the left side. I pulled out about a 5" piece of the cable with the rivet head
It apparently goes under a pulley, but I can’t see where it attaches to the spring.

Question, how and what needs to be removed to access the area where a new hinge cable can be reattached? Does the unit have to be pulled out from the cabinet? Or can you gain access to the area without pulling the wall oven out?

I see on an appliance parts website that the hinge cables are available. I also noticed that the springs are available too. Might be a good idea to replace both cables and put in new springs.

Other than that the Thermador has been trouble free for us, except I had a problem a few years ago when the tiny preheating lamp failed to come on, preventing the heating elements to work. I did some research and found out that the air switch was not activating. That was due to the outside vent flap door only opening part way. I replaced the outside vent hood and the air switch worked OK!

I would appreciate any help anyone can give me. I did take some digital photos if that would help anyone.
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I have the same problem. Does anyone have a solution?

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I ordered the set of two cables
I pulled the oven out of the wall about 8" or so. I don’t think I had to support the oven out this far, but I may have had a helper just hold the front so it wouln’t tip.
I was able to see with a light bottom front/side where the cable hooks onto the spring. Used a solid wire to make a hook end and got it off.
was able to fish cable end onto spring and thats all it was.

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[QUOTE=edge130;213755]I ordered the set of two cables
I pulled the oven out of the wall about 8" or so. I don’t think I had to support the oven out this far, but I may have had a helper just hold the front so it wouln’t tip.
I was able to see with a light bottom front/side where the cable hooks onto the spring. Used a solid wire to make a hook end and got it off.
was able to fish cable end onto spring and thats all it was.[/QUOTE]
We have the same problem in the lower oven of a CMT227N, which is circa '95. Fished out the cable and see that it is broken. Have a new one coming. (Really hard to find and super expensive.) Question: when you pull the oven out of the wall, is the cable on the outside of the box? This looks like a double wall oven. How would you get between the two walls?