Backup Hood Release by Dave Kaplan published 2009
Hi gang,
One of the differences I've noticed between East coast and West coast 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 purchased from here:
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!
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.