Re: Hood release goes "snap"

["Bob D'Amato" <mx@mamie.snet.com>]

On Mon, 3 Jun 1996, Andrew Duane USG/PE wrote:

> So, yesterday I went to open my hood. Luckily, it wasn't for
> anything that important. When I pull on the hod release handle,
> it goes "snap", and there is no longer anything attached....
> 
> So, how to I get my hood open and fix this? I haven't looked to
> see where the cable let go: in the hood, or inside the car. Clues?
> 

Yep.. just happened to me a couple weeks ago... I opened it by getting a 
long screwdriver and poking it into the spaces on the grill and manually 
pushing over the levers, one on each side. This opened the hood just 
fine. This was on the UrQ tho...

Bob




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