Re: Help! (kinda OT) Hood release

["Arthur Matteson" <awmatt@mediaone.net>]

That happened to my Renault too...I had to unbolt the hood from the front of the car in order to reach inside and re-attach the
cable.  Make sure that cable gets tied on the latch really well!  In some cars, it is such a pain to fix that - I wouldn't be
surprised if it would involve cutting in some situations (such as my Buick).

Art

> With unseasonably warm weather today I was doing "show & tell" with my
> S-10 truck for 7th & 8th graders. But when I went to open the hood for
> the third group, the hood release handle moved but nothing happened.
> Thinking back, I suspect that a student with busy fingers unhooked the
> cable from the hood latch.
>
> I can't see any way to reach up from underneath, so... how on earth do I
> open the hood without a working release cable???