 help, can't open hood., any ideas? |
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 Sep 17, 2012 - 8:53 AM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Jul 17, '12 From Slovenia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Ok, I jacked it up, and reached it from below... The cable is ok, but it disconnected/unhinged from the hood latch, what is even more ****ED!
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Sep 17, 2012 - 10:50 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 17, '12 From Slovenia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
huh... managed to open the hood
 So if anyone else got the same problem someday, access the latch from bellow, it is pretty easy (if you haven't got some intercooler there:D). Then there is a small opening on the bottom of the latch, where you can reach the mechanism that the cable pulls, best to use some sort of "hook-like" tool, I've sketched this here:  I can't remember the last time I've been so pissed  but everything turned out ok
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Sep 25, 2012 - 8:05 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 2, '07 From Berlin, WI Currently Offline Reputation: 18 (100%) |
what i ended up doing the second time since the cable got stuck and couldn't yank on it. I just stuck my hand and tools through the grill and up and started unbolting the 3 bolts that hold the latch on. took a bit of finger work but after i got the 3 bolts out I just yanked the WHOLE hood latch to the side and popped it open.
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