Hood handle busted.....

[Sevan]

This morning I tried to open the hood and the freakin handle from inside broke. Is there a way to open the hood now? What are my next steps in fixing the handle or the cable. Any ideas? Has anyone experienced this before?

 

[79'293stang]

yep happened to me cus it was so hard to pull and pop the hood no idea why it was so hard, but anyway i carry a pair of pliers under my seat to pop the hood

 

[Sevan]

Where do you grab the cable from? On mine the cable broke off the tip of the handle?

 

[79'293stang]

just cut the plastic back a bit

 

[Sevan]

ok, I'll give it a try. Thanks for the help man.

 

[79'293stang]

no problem, and good luck

 

[Sevan]

Has anyone replaced their busted hood cable? Is it hard or easy? I'm thinking about going to the local junkyard and getting a replacement.

 

[89MustangGX]

You can pop the hood from outside -- once you do it a couple times you'll be able to do it without looking. Your first time, lay under the nose of the car and look up at the latch. There is a tab that the cable goes into on the latch -- just reach up and pull it over just like the cable would.

 

[Sevan]

89MustangGX, I'm assuming that this happened to you also? Is the tab easy to see without getting under the car?

 

[89MustangGX]

89MustangGX, I'm assuming that this happened to you also? Is the tab easy to see without getting under the car?

Never broke on me, but my last car never had a cable after it was all put back together.

You can't see it at all without getting underneath the car. The first time you will have to get under there -- then once you see where you're going you won't have to anymore, just do it by feel. But you will need to see it first.

 

[Sevan]

Kool, I'll give it a try tonite. Thanks 89MustangGX