Ya my hood latch broke, its been sitting for about a month and half with a broken tranny which I just found one and probly going to get. But anyways I went to take some pictures since the snow melted totally off of it with the past 3 days of warm weather. I got nothing it wouldnt pop or anything, I played with the hood a little and nada. So now I have to figure this thing out and gonna start working on it tomarrow. Anyone got any things to look for that are common problems? or easy ways of going about fixing it.

94 del sol vtec

 

you'll have to replace the whole cable w/ the latch because the latch and cable are a one kit together!!

 

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the cable,hood latch and pull tab inside the car are all separate:

try looking at the pull tab and see if it has broken.if so,you should be able to grab the end of the cable with some pliars and pop the hood.if you can pull on the cable and nothing happens,or it moves easily,it's either broken or came unhooked from the latch assembly.in that case you're gonna have to get creative with unlatching the hood
chris

 

would a helms manual have information on fixing the hood latch?


Modified by quik sol at 8:16 PM 1/4/2004

 

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junk yard dude!!!

 

you also might be able to get a grip on the cable from under the driver side fender.

 

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The latch and cable are sold seperately. I have a spare one if its the same as a 1998 that I can sell you.

 

cool thanks...imma try this tomarrow so anymore tips would be greatly appreciated

 

take all the latch stuff out,and buy a cf hood and use hood locks/ pins. cheapest easiet way.

 

how is that cheap and easy?

 

Sounds like the plastic piece that's connected to a metallic bulb at the end of the hood cable (designed to catch the latch and pull it) broke off. Shiet, this happened to me last year and I couldn't pop my hood for shizzo. I couldn't even remove my bumper to get at the latch!

What I did was cut-off the front plastic grill inlet and unlocked it manually by fiddling with the latch. It was a fawkin' pain in the *** . I ended up getting an entire new cable set from Majestic Honda for about $20.00

 

when stupid **** like that breaks a junk yard is usually your best friend... even a dealer im sure cant be that expensive.. good luck

 

i been thinking of going the dealer route...hardest part is getting it there...my tranny has a fist size hole in it...so it aint going anywhere...I want the hood latch fixed before I replace my tranny (which i am sending the MO out tomarrow for

 

Try holding the hood pop in the int. out while you get someone else to see if the hood will come up. Might just be the pop is jammed/rusted up! If so spray some WD40 on it or some white lithum grease!
Just a thought, had this problem with a non-Honda vehicle!
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