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bcg187
 Post subject: hood cable snapped
PostPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 7:57 am 
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okay the other night it was really cold out here and i went to start the luv to get it warm.well the battery was dead so i went to jump it but i ran into a big problem first.i went to pop my hood and snapped the hood cable :x :x it snapped somewhere under the hood. how in the hell am i going to get the hood up.has anybody ran into this problem before????is there a way i can get to it without ripping off the hood :( :cry: :? please tell me there is

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Ohhhhhhhhhhh dude.....

Believe it or not, I've had this happen to me and it SUCKS!

On mine I took the stuff off the front of the truck so I could get to the hood hinges. Then I removed the hood hinges. Then I had someone hold it up enough for me so I could reach under it with a looooong extension, a flashlight, and a 10mm socket, and remove the 4 bolts holding the lock to the firewall.

Luckily, it didn't damage the hood, but it tweaked the lock enough that I had to get another one. This happened back when mine was still a 4cyl. I don't think I would be able to get in there now with the V8.

Either way, it's a pain in the ass.
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It happened to me a long time ago and i did the same thing as Ben but i somehow was able to unlatch to hood. I think i just yanked on the cable itself and pulled the outer casing loose and got ahold of the inner cable and gave it a tug. Then i cut the outer casing shorter and clamped a pair of vice grips on the exposed cable end. It worked for over 10 years but i recently repaired it correctly.

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i think that what has been said above is going to be the only course of action, its all i could thing of too.

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If you have really long arms you might reach the latch from below, or you might have some luck getting at the cable from under the truck. Its a 'stretch' but it might work. ;)
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thanks guys. i actually had a guy email because he had some extra parts so he's going to send me a rear window and a new hood latch :D

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Hey bcg187 I havent forgot about you.I have the cable here in the house.I need to box it all up and found out how much its gonna cost to ship it to ya .Hopfully I'll get it done this week and get back with. :drinking:
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oh shit man i didn't know that was you.hold out on shipping.i don't know when i can send the money

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I had to replace the cable assy on my truck and i had to install new ends on them. The cable ends were a little bigger than the original so i tried to modify the holes for the cable ends in the latch assy and in the release lever. Drilling the release lever wasn't a problem but the latch assy was so tough that i wore out 3 drill bits and i didn't even phase it! I modified the cable end to fit the latch assy. Keep this in mind if you have to rework your cable.

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i plan on getting under her tonight to get the hood popped :D

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well, good luck and let us know how ya do!!!!
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well, good luck and let us know how ya do!!!!
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never got around to it :( .hopefully i get time to get into her this weekend

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