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Hi gang,

One of the differences I've noticed between Eastcoast and Westcoast roadster owners has to do with back-up hood release cables. I never heard of or thought anything about needing one until I moved out East. Now, every time I pop the hood for a fellow roadster driver, their eyes get as big as dinner plates when they see I don't have one!

Well, I decided I had better jump on the bandwagon. Here's what I came up with:



I wanted something very clean; no stray wires or strings zig-zagging across the engine bay. I think it turned out pretty well. All parts (with the exception of a washer and a nut) were puchased from here:

http://www.flandersco.com

Thanks to Mike Hudson (23yrRebuild) for finding and posting this site a few weeks back! They are very helpful guys with all their parts and prices on line. If anyone is interested in duplicating this, let me know and I can post the part numbers I selected. All said, it was under $20 and I had enough cable left over to do the trunk too!

Very nice Dave. Please share the part numbers with us all. Thanks.

Steve

Here's the shopping list:

From Flanders Co.
620-29303 - 90* Elbow (1)
620-29315 - Adjuster (1)
620-20220 - Ferrule (1)
610-03312 - Conduit (1 meter)
610-03122 - wire (1 meter)
620-28020 - Set Screw (3)

From Hardware store
3/8 x 24 nut to attach elbow to inside of firewall (1)
3/8 washer to go between elbow and outside of firewall (1)
3/8 inch clevis pin to attach wire to hood latch (1)
clevis pin clip to hold clevis pin in place (1)

Notice the use of 3 set screws. One goes on the end of the wire in the engine bay. The 2nd goes on the end of the wire in the cabin to make a finger loop to pull the wire with. The 3rd one was located right where the wire enters the 90* elbow, up under the dash. I found that without this, after repeated use of the OEM hood release, the cable I installed would gradually get pulled into the engine bay. The 3rd set screw prevents this.

Dave, very professional install. Have many people had failures with the standard hood release? BTW, what is the white button at the top right of the photo do?

BTW, what is the white button at the top right of the photo do?

Howard, the white button is a pin switch for the alarm. Pop the hood and the alarm goes off.

Pics are down, can some one please repost ?
Thank you!

Write-up with a picture is in the tech wiki--

Bckup-Hood-Release

S

I ordered all these parts today from Flanders. In fact I ordered double just in case... Came out to 36 dollars and they answered the phone! Amazing!