[s-cars] Hood release - not

[Robert Myers]

Got it open - finally.  Then I adjusted the little clip on the end of the 
cable in order to rather effectively shorten the cable by about 7-8 
mm.  Thanks for the suggestions, Y'all.  A moderately gentle whack on the 
hood did the trick.  Had to get the better half to pull the lever and one 
good whack and open it came.

Then, while preparing to put the clip back on the end of the cable I 
dropped it.  D'oh!   It went clear down to the belly pan.  That, of course 
required dropping one side of the belly pan and feeling around for the 
clip.  Got it back and had the better half tie a thread onto it while I was 
doing the adjustment so that if it popped off again it wouldn't fall as far 
this time.  Anyway - I can now open the hood at will.  And I didn't forget 
to reattach the belly pan. :-)

Thanks, Peter, Elijah, Pizzo, and Bob (and anyone else I may have overlooked).


At 08:41 PM 1/12/2004 -0500, Bob Rossato wrote:

> > Like anything else in life, a good bang will make
> > everything better.
> >
> > Just hit the hood on the side where it's not popping
> > and it should come with some enthusiasm.
> >
> > Pizzo
>
>When the problem latch is on the passenger side it helps to have two people.
>One to pull the release and the other to pound (gently) on the hood while
>the cable is pulled back.  And the area you want to pound (gently :-)) is
>the corner by the base of the windshield on the side of the problem latch.
>
>Bob
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