[V8] Hood OPEN!

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Yup.  Coat hanger made into hook has worked for me, too. Luckily  
haven't needed to do that for a while now.  I try to keep those  
mechanisms lubricated enough to avoid said scenario.

Ingo


On Apr 25, 2008, at 2:46 PM, S_Matus wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestion.  For all of us with a 2nd V8.  I  
> inspected the functioning car and fab'd a 1/8 inc welding rod with  
> a hook.
> Simple from the grille.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Scott.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Scott Simmons <indischrot at gmail.com>
> To: S_Matus <scott_matus at yahoo.com>
> Cc: V8 <v8 at audifans.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 12:07:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [V8] Hood Half Open
>
> I got it by jacking the car up a few inches, reaching up with a stubby
> phillips, and removing the side-marker lights.  This allowed one to
> reach in through marker light access hole and easily reach the rods  
> you
> need to push.
>
> Others have made progress with coat hangers through the grille.
>
> ~Scott S
>
> S_Matus wrote:
>
>> This morning I pulled the hood release and only opened the  
>> passenger side before the cable detent came off.
>>
>> I know this has been covered many times before.
>>
>> Can someone give me the best plan to get the driver's side open?
>> Is the only way to jack up the car and remove the belly pan?
>>
>> All suggestions welcome,
>>
>> Scott
>> '90 V8Q
>> '91 V8QM
>>
>>
>>       
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