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my hood release cable snapped need help!

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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 02:22 PM
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well the other night thieves pop my hood open and make story shorts cable isnt on the latch anymore i need to know a way to manually to open my hood anyone has had this problem where they had to use a screwdriver, flathead or their hands to manully open the latch let me kno cant figure out myself what to use and where behind the grill i should be looking to pop it
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 02:48 PM
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dude, oim not sure how to open it, but once you do, its really easy to replace the cable.... just take off the left fender, and the cable goes from the inside, out along the left fender, and to the hood latch....
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 02:54 PM
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yeah that part i got covered but the only part i dont kno what to do or how to do it is opening my hood since the release cable isnt on the latch anymore so i have to do it manually and doing that i dont kno some people even told me to use a prybar and i dont think im willin to buy a new hood just for that i kno there has 2 be some other way to open it but thanks for reassuring me about the part for replacing the cable
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 03:47 PM
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 06:06 PM
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Jack the front of your car up and take the latch off completley from underneath. Its 3 10mm bolts. thats how i did it.
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 06:19 PM
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thx man ill try that ill reply back with an answer this week
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