[V8] Broken hood release

[John Bysinger]

I'll put together a quick writeup and link to pics and just send it to the
list then.  I'm half pondering keeping the 'tool' I made in the trunk in
case it happens again haha.

-John


On 2/12/07, Buchholz, Steven <Steven.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com> wrote:
>
> ... in my younger days a friend of mine showed me a trick to get into
> mid-60's Dodge Darts using a pocket knife on the wing vent ... I actually
> used that knowledge once to help a lady who had locked her keys in her car
> at a grocery store ... 3 minutes, 30 seconds, nothing ... we're talking 5
> seconds tops!
>
> Like they always say, if someone really wants to get into your car they're
> going to ... and chances are they're not going to do any web searches to
> look for any tricks beforehand ... nor are they going to worry about how the
> car looks afterward.  What are they going after under the hood anyway?
>
> I know I'd certainly appreciate knowing how to do this, I've had to open
> the hood from underneath once ... fortunately on a car that had the belly
> pan removed ...
>
> Steve B
> San José, CA (USA)
> >
> > 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.
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-John at bysinger.net