hood cable help
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ok so i went to the track and tech asked me to open the hood and the cable snapped
so now i cant open my hood. i called the dealership and they want $38 for the cable and 200 for the labor
.....yea wtf?? so i was thinking to buy the cable and doing it myself but i have no idea where to start or how to do it can anyone help me?? i would rather do it sooner rather than later.
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Work from under the car, behind the bumper. Feel for a spring on the backside of the hood catch, you will know what to do once you are there, it doesn't take much for the release. Un-install the busted cable and reverse the process for the installation of the new cable, it's easy.
The catch isn't installed on my car right now, I will take some pics that might help guide you...
The catch isn't installed on my car right now, I will take some pics that might help guide you...
Last edited by Resurrected RA; May 20, 2012 at 01:06 PM. Reason: You might not be able to reach it now that I'm thinking about it...
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Wow I was grumpy earlier, I was elbows deep in a Cummins Diesel for 2 days, I didn't get any sleep...finally got some sleep. My apologies for being a delta bravo.
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I am going to get some pics of the latch so you have somewhat of a reference when you put your hand behind the catch. I will attempt to show you show you where the cable is running too.
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I am going to get some pics of the latch so you have somewhat of a reference when you put your hand behind the catch. I will attempt to show you show you where the cable is running too.
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Here is a picture of the backside of the catch. You can feel for the small spring and pull it in the direction of the arrow and the hood should pop-up, I checked the routing of the cable and it goes under the DS fender...I didn't investigate any further.
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on the other hand idk whats wrong with the car it was 90 degrees today and i decided to drive it to the dealership and it was turning off and on within idk maybe half a second. the gauges and radio would shut off and on it only happens when its hot
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ok i did this today not as hard as i thought and it works awesome thanks for the help
i ended up taking the old wire out and it was rusted :/ and thats why it broke.
i ended up taking the old wire out and it was rusted :/ and thats why it broke.
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