[V8] Hood latch problem

[Scott Simmons]

I jacked up the car then crawled under it.  Using a long reach and a 
stubby phillips, I removed the side marker light (next to headlight) on 
each side.  This allowed me to reach in directly and push on the 
latching levers (what the cable pulls on).

~Scott S.

John Bysinger wrote:

>http://www.quattro123.com/AudiHoodOpenClinic.htm
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>Above is a good write-up with pics, below is from an email I sent a long
>while back describing how I did it:
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>using a wire coathanger and some wire cutters/pliers clip the hanger like a
>sideways L using the long straight portion of the hanger so it looks like
>this:
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>|___________
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>then using the pliers, bend the right end up so a 1/8" long 'hook' is made,
>I bent mine past 90 degrees to counter it un-bending when I pull on it.
>which leaves something like this:
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>|___________,
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>using the left end as a handle, you'll insert the hook end into a hole in
>the grill aiming for the top corners of the radiator.  try to keep the wire
>as close to parallel with the bumper as you can to prevent slipping, as
>you're trying to pull sideways not forward.
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>Now here a flashlight helps, you want to look about 4" directly behind the
>top corner of the headlight, you'll see the latch spring rod.  It will be
>running front to rear, and you may be able to see the hood pin behind it.
>This rod is the spring that the hood cable pulls on.  You'll want to try to
>slide your new hook tool under it with it turned sideways, once the hook is
>behind it, turn 90 degrees so the hook is behind the rod, and gently pull on
>it (it will take some force, but pulling too hard will straighten out your
>hook-tool.)  Use your free hand to lift on the hood once the lock pin is
>loose.  I shoved a rolled up rag under it to keep it from re-latching, then
>repeated the other side.
>
>It may take a couple tries, but I was able to get my first latch in about 3
>minutes, the second, less than a minute.
>
>-John
>'90V8Q
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>On 12/8/07, Dave Brune <bruned at cox.net> wrote:
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>>How do you get the hood open on a 90 V8 Quattro that the latch wire has
>>broken/come loose on?
>>Any help is appreciated as I now have two cars with the same problem.
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>>Dave in Las Vegas
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