lol like the title says.

so i hav e a 89 civic hb si.

So i cant get it open! its always giving me a problem. but not it just wont open..

i can reache the chord from outside. but cant get it to open. any advice?

 

You may have to pull up on the hood while somebody else releases the latch from inside. After you get it open again you should adjust the latch position so that it closes smoothly. Either that or the spring is getting worn out or is misadjusted.

 

uuuhh the wire is not connected to anything.

its not connected to the latch anymore.. lol

expletive.. how the expletive do i open my hood with no cable to pull the LATCH/!!!!JESUS!!!

 

or try having someone pull on the latch while you bang on the hood ..thats how mine is lol
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its not connected to the latch anymore.. lol

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edit: oh cant help you there ...good luck

 

I'd start by jacking the front of the car up and pulling the front bumper cover away from the car at the bottom. Then reach your hand up there and tug on that there latch. Might have to fish with a coat hanger or something.

 

same thing happpened to me.. just reach in there and find a 1cm square tab with a whole drilled thru it..pull that to the passenger sideof the car..

 

expletive lol! im fucked..yea i cant see **** man. i think i need two people.. anyone in the ontario area wanna come and help?!

 

damn if i knew what to push or what to pull i could get the hood open. but since i ahve on idea what unlatchs it.. im lost. anyone have a diagram?

 

ok this is what im seeing!

this is me laying on the floor looking up and my latch with no cable attached

 

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In the bottom right corner of the latch you can see a fork. That holds the outter sheath of the cable. The inner cable would then continue straight to what looks like that square tab. Move that tab towards the fork.

 

do something like this?! im lost man.. where does the actuall cable ball go onto?

 

maybe in one of these square holes? i tried putting it in there. but cant get it to hook on anything

 

The cable goes the other way around. All you should have to do is move the latch on the left hand side of your picture to the right until the hood pops.

 

pull the thing this way

 

im so lost

 

it doesnt movE lol

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Move part "A" towards part "B" to open hood.



Then connect the cable stop to part "B" and the ball end of the Cable to part "A" and you should be golden. I would recommend popping hood and then removing latch and re ataching cable and reinstalling latch mechanisum.

 

You have it backwards! Route the cable in from the other way, the ball hooks into the latch on the left. Or you could just open it by pushing the latch in the direction higgunscrx showed you.

 

let me see if that works brb

 

Wo0t!



ok one more problem the little ball doesnt fit into PART A

 

It'll fit, it's going to take some jimmying though. Take the latch off and try to feed the ball in that way then re-attach it.

 

haha damn man, maybe you should just take this to the dealer.
I've never known anyone to have faught so much with a hood latch.

The ball has to slide into the retainer, similar to how your throttle cable attaches to the throttle body. Is the retainer broken? If it is, then you need a new hood latch. Look the latch over pretty good before posting more pictures. Make sure that it looks right. In other words, <U>inspect</U> it.

 

the little ball is like 2 times bigger than the hole... lol how is it going to fit?

 

The hole should be slotted, no? Slide the cable through the slot, and the ball catches on the back side of the hole.

 

lol yea i had to take it off.. Everything is good ::thumbsup: thank u all!