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Old May 15, 2004 | 10:22 AM
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hey guys i have a problem with my hood cable. the cable came out of the hood latch when the hood was shut now its stuck shut.

any ideas?

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Greg
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Old May 15, 2004 | 10:50 AM
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Try and see if you can reach in there under the bumper and force the latch open. Good luck bro, that's a tough one.
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Old May 15, 2004 | 11:22 AM
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can you grab the end with vise grips and just gank it to open it??
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Old May 15, 2004 | 03:00 PM
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thanks guys........i finaly got it......but theres a dent in the hood where i was pushing im a moron

back to the paint shop for me i guess

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Old May 15, 2004 | 03:50 PM
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Default Re: HELP: hood cable (nitekidsef9)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nitekidsef9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thanks guys........i finaly got it......but theres a dent in the hood where i was pushing im a moron

back to the paint shop for me i guess

cheers</TD></TR></TABLE>

Damn. What did you end up doing to get it open?
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Old May 15, 2004 | 04:48 PM
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i had to take the bumper and **** off hook up the cable again and put it all back. Too bad about to dent tho...im pretty pissed. if i would ahve just thought about the best way i wouldnt have ended up denting it.


oh well......if i had hosting i would post the dent but im sure no ones too interested

cheers
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