Broken/detached hood release cable

[Crapover]

My hood release cable came unattached at the release lever under the hood. I read a couple of the entries here and was a little disheartened at how hard it seemed it was going to be. I turned the wheel all the way to the left crawled underneath and looked up with my cell phone flashlight and I could see the release lever straight line of sight right along the side of the back of the block. The Jack handle is about 20 in long and a half inch round diameter pipe, and is the perfect tool to just reach up and push it towards the driver side and reopen the hood.. it literally took me 30 seconds. I hope this helps somebody else out in the future.

[Crapover]

My hood release cable came unattached at the release lever under the hood. I read a couple of the entries here and was a little disheartened at how hard it seemed it was going to be. I turned the wheel all the way to the left crawled underneath and looked up with my cell phone flashlight and I could see the release lever straight line of sight right along the side of the back of the block. The Jack handle is about 20 in long and a half inch round diameter pipe, and is the perfect tool to just reach up and push it towards the driver side and reopen the hood.. it literally took me 30 seconds. I hope this helps somebody else out in the future. The pictures are a little skewed but one shows the lever, one shows the lever from below it so you know what to look for and one is looking down from the lever to the ground just past the red battery lead. Straight line of sight.

[S Allen]

Good job and thanks for sharing.

S

[DAC21]

My hood release cable came unattached at the release lever under the hood. I read a couple of the entries here and was a little disheartened at how hard it seemed it was going to be. I turned the wheel all the way to the left crawled underneath and looked up with my cell phone flashlight and I could see the release lever straight line of sight right along the side of the back of the block. The Jack handle is about 20 in long and a half inch round diameter pipe, and is the perfect tool to just reach up and push it towards the driver side and reopen the hood.. it literally took me 30 seconds. I hope this helps somebody else out in the future. The pictures are a little skewed but one shows the lever, one shows the lever from below it so you know what to look for and one is looking down from the lever to the ground just past the red battery lead. Straight line of sight.

OK, so your angle of attack was from the passenger side Wheel Well, Nice job! You have the 2000 model, those that know the layouts under the Hood would this be a straight shot for the 1600 as well?

[Crapover]

I believe I put the Jack handle up over the frame in the wheel well in a direct line to the back of the valve cover which is where that latch is. It was really easy and I'm a complete moron so it should be easier for everyone else who works on these cars a lot.

[TriniGriffin]

Hood release cable failure...AARRG! agony, despair (in the past).

Final solution, after many attempts to move a wall with my forehead!!

Employed a small-diameter, plastic-coated hardware cable with suitable loops on both ends, and sufficient length attached to a simple 3/4 inch key ring. Attached the ring to the VERY convenient hole in the release lever (pic above) and routed cable thru firewall hole closest to OEM release cable, and overlaid/attached with wire loom or zip tied ALONG the length of OEM sheathed cable. Allows same hand movement while still in the driver's seat to pull either cable. Presto! Lazy dude solution.

PS. If this is old news in another thread, my apologies. Just read this subject thread today.

[mraitch]

And now, time to add a backup - and while we are there, so to speak - ah yes - backup trunk release too.

[TriniGriffin]

Roger that!

[Bwk2000]

If anyone is looking for a quick and easy solution to a backup hood release, this may help:
1 - 24” black zip tie (and one small zip tie)
1 - Small bolt with two washers, nut and blue loctite

Simply run the small bolt through the opening on the 24” zip tie and the spare hole on the bottom of the hood release latch and attach with washers(both sides), nut and a dab of loctite. Run the free end through the choke cable opening on the firewall (making sure there is sufficient slack in the zip tie) and attach it firmly to the top of your steering column casing (out of the way and out of sight) with the smaller zip tie.
Never will it rust, loosen up or break, and it doesn’t interfere with the stock hood release - But it’s always there if you need it.

$0.50 & 5 minutes - Done.