[V8] Broken hood release

[Tim Hollister]

Yea, I learned this trick on my 200.. very close to the v8.


--- John Bysinger <doog at bysinger.net> wrote:

> 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
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