Did something rather dumb

[barry at moonbeast.com]

Oops, make that "I was able to pop the passenger's side pin..."

It's late.

Good luck.
-Barry


Quoting barry at moonbeast.com:

> The same thing happened to me a couple of days ago when I replaced the hood
> on 
> my 5kq.  I didn't have the tension set right and the driver side hood pin
> would 
> pop up when I pulled the release, but not the passenger side pin.
> 
> I was able to pop the driver's side pin by reaching through the grille with a
> 
> long handled pair of needle-nose pliers.  The cable took a bit of brute force
> 
> before the pin popped up, but it worked.
> 
> My .02,
> -Barry
> 
> Quoting Matt Suffern <msuffern at lycos.com>:
> 
> > The end of my hood release cable broke near the lever by the driver's side
> > kick panel last week.  I have another full hood release cable assembly on
> > order, set to come in soon.  In the meantime, I wanted to be able to
> retain
> > function of the cable, so I removed the lever and stripped away some of
> the
> > plastic sheath so I could get vise grips around the end of the cable to
> pull
> > it.
> > 
> > After having done so, the passenger side hood release will pop up, but the
> > driver's side won't, no matter how hard I pull the thing or how I fiddle
> with
> > the hood.  I really shouldn't have closed the hood all the way until the
> new
> > cable came in.
> > 
> > Is there a trick to popping the hood from elsewhere besides the cable end
> in
> > the cabin?  From underneath the car, perhaps?  I'd really like to be able
> to
> > open my hood again.
> > 
> > Thanks again; you guys are the best.
> > 
> > Matt
> > Chapel Hill, NC
> > '86 4kq
> > 
> > 
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