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nonovurbizniz · 02-21-2006, 10:33 AM

My hood latch cable has had sticky operation for a LONG time... the cable is finally freying and about to snap all together...

Chances are your cable is bound up either due to an internal problem or the cable has been moved/twisted into a position where it binds the cable on the inside.

If you run completely out of options you can cut the hood latch cable and just pull on the steel inner cable with a pair of vice grips... it might require stripping back the outer plastic cable a bit and it will DEFINATELY mean having to replace it... but it will get the hood open.

Before doing that you could also try using vice grips to pull the wire from inside the car... but chances are if the lever isn't doing it then the vice grips won't either.

02-21-2006, 10:33 AM	#17
nonovurbizniz Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: ECUSA Age: 46 Posts: 2,693	My hood latch cable has had sticky operation for a LONG time... the cable is finally freying and about to snap all together... Chances are your cable is bound up either due to an internal problem or the cable has been moved/twisted into a position where it binds the cable on the inside. If you run completely out of options you can cut the hood latch cable and just pull on the steel inner cable with a pair of vice grips... it might require stripping back the outer plastic cable a bit and it will DEFINATELY mean having to replace it... but it will get the hood open. Before doing that you could also try using vice grips to pull the wire from inside the car... but chances are if the lever isn't doing it then the vice grips won't either. __________________ I am an A$$hole... take anything I say to heart at YOUR OWN RISK...