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Post by gearheadeh on Apr 5, 2008 2:04:45 GMT -5
If you are ever locked out of your engine compartment due to a non functioning hood release, here is what you need to do: raise the front of the car enough to allow your self acces so maybe drive up on blocks or park just the right side of the car up on the curb beside the roadside gutter.Remove the skid plate in order to get acces to the heat shield around the cataletic converter/exhaust.there is a piece of that shield that can be unbolted (2bolts).Once it's out of the way you will have room to angle your tool up under the hood. the tool is basically a 1/4 inch or 8mm steel rod that is 17 inch's or 45 cm long.I used a drill bit extender that you will see in the pics. below.the first pic is not clear enough to show how it enter's into the latch area to push against the same part that the hood release cable pulls against. If you will notice the rod goes right beside the radiator top tank angling into the latch area. When bringing the rod up beside the exhaust, put it up over the top of the rad overflow tank just under the underside of the hood and put it back far enough to swing it up into place beside the rad top tank.when it is in the right spot it will fell slightly springy as you push it to release the hood. Good luck and maybe you would like to look at your hood release mechanisim next time your checking the meger amount of oil held in your engine crankcase.
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Post by gearheadeh on Mar 15, 2013 18:47:17 GMT -5
Just a little test bump to figure out this here forums thread Email notification.
Maybe you guys might like a old thread of mine!
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Post by saqib777 on Oct 23, 2013 9:25:18 GMT -5
Well, another bump for gearheadeh Today on the way back from work, I needed to open the bonnet to check coolant. The bonnet release cable snapped right after release. So now I'm stuck with a half-shut bonnet, till I find a cable. Luckily I didn't shut it completely but had to drive about 25km in this situation. Any ideas or suggestions?
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Post by gearheadeh on Oct 23, 2013 16:41:43 GMT -5
Well, another bump for gearheadeh Today on the way back from work, I needed to open the bonnet to check coolant. The bonnet release cable snapped right after release. So now I'm stuck with a half-shut bonnet, till I find a cable. Luckily I didn't shut it completely but had to drive about 25km in this situation. Any ideas or suggestions? You are lucky, I would unbolt the grill so that you can get the hood latched. You will have to rely on prying the latch from the front till you find a replacement cable. You can't drive around reling on the safety catch from keeping the hood from flying up. If the hood open while you are driving it can severly damage the car and the windshield. By the way, Good luck easily getting the 2 bolts out that hold the inside end of the hood release cable. Seams like they are glued in from the factory!
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Post by saqib777 on Oct 24, 2013 0:20:28 GMT -5
Thanks gearheadeh for the heads up. I'm going in with the hopes of finding the cable. Actually the front portion of the cable which connects to the latch is broken off. It's only the cable enclosure here so I don't exactly know know this end looks like. Could you or someone share a quick pic so I know what match to buy in case I'm unable to find it from subaru. Thanks.
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Post by gearheadeh on Oct 24, 2013 11:33:57 GMT -5
I can't help you imediatly with a picture of a hood release mechanism. What parts seems to be broken? some of the flat metal, a coiled spring? a lever?
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Post by saqib777 on Oct 24, 2013 11:34:47 GMT -5
Well, I did try to get a new cable but from all possible places but it's just out of stock everywhere. So plan B was to get the original one repaired (not exactly) Luckily the cable broke right from the latch end. So the guy cut about 1 inch of the cable enclosure, took a silver wire of a heavy gauge and drilled a small hole to allow the cable through it. Then he bent the ends a bit and pressed the whole assembly to lock it in. Now the hood release is even better than before I couldn't take any pix, sorry for that. The two bolts were easy to open, it all went well.
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