Topic: Emergency Hood Release Cable
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Yeah, I saw those in my email mail box. 
Ecklers sent an email on all their new stuff for all the generations. Pretty neat tool. 
There have been a number of posts on here about cables breaking and how to get the hood open.
Ecklers sent an email on all their new stuff for all the generations. Pretty neat tool. There have been a number of posts on here about cables breaking and how to get the hood open.
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I may have to get one of these. A guy at work has a '79 that the hood release took a crap on him and he ordered some kind of tool to open the hood, so from someone elses bad experience this might be the way to go before the same thing happens. Aaron1976 2008-08-13 00:22:46
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WHERE WAS HIS WHEN I NEEDED IT! I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A NECESSARY PURCHASE
This may be what I need. I logged in to ask what to do when your hood won't open. My problem is not the cable, it's working fine. The darn thing just won't let go on driver's side, while passenger side pops right up.
Does anyone know how this emergency cable works?
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The cables have to be put on before the problem occurs.
The cables attach to the same pin that the factory cable release attaches. I ran mine (that I just purcahsed) on my Vette a little different than the instructions. This is pretty cheap piece of mind for $20!
If the driver side will not relase you may have to use a screw driver or special tool to work the release mech. to release the hood. I believe that there is info on this in the archive section.
Maybe one of the other members knows exactly where it is located and can direct you there.
Hope this helped in some way. Good luck!!!!
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Thanks for the info! i spoke to a body shop friend of mine this afternoon; he got a good chuckle and said it was a very common problem. I'm taking the info from the link and will try to work on it tonight, or body shop guy said he would help. You guys are a great help.
Everyone tries to help each other.........that why this place is great. I hope it all works out for you........let us know, please.
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