[V8] Broken hood release

[John Bysinger]

I recently had the pleasure of dealing with a broken hood release, the cable
end managed to come off the passenger side catch.  I thought about putting
together a quick writeup for this, as I found a quick way around it.  But
then I realised, maybe we wouldn't want a how to on the internet showing how
to get into the hood of our car in less than 5 minutes (it really was that
easy, after about 2 hours of poking around and thinking about it.)

But I happen to have a spare radiator support and the spring clip to use to
take pictures of if you all think we do need a write-up.  The spare support
sure was handy in trying to visualize the problem from the outside, I was
able to look at the latch that I couldn't see, outside of the car.

To get an idea of how easy this method was, a wire coathanger, and a
leatherman or similar is all you need.  I used a flashlight as well because
it was dark out, and was still able to open it in less than 5 minutes.  With
practice, probably under 30 seconds, hence my hesitation for publishing.

-John at bysinger.net
'90 V8Q