BROKEN HOOD LATCH

1996 CHEVROLET TRUCK
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DDONALD
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My hood release cable has broken away from latch.

How do I get at latch to open hood.

Thanks Donald
Jan 15, 2008 at 5:38 PM
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MASTERTECHTIM
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you need a flashlight and a long screwdriver and pop it open through the grill. look where the cable goes in and there is a little hook that cable goes on, pry that towards the cable and it should open.
Jan 15, 2008 at 5:43 PM
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DDONALD
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[quote:75b01ac346="mastertechtim"]you need a flashlight and a long screwdriver and pop it open through the grill. look where the cable goes in and there is a little hook that cable goes on, pry that towards the cable and it should open.[/quote:75b01ac346]

Tried above advice didn't work, oblivious "TIM" doesn't know squat about his fix
Feb 22, 2008 at 8:44 AM
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hey bub i can lead the horse to the water but i cant make you drink it. i have worked for chevrolet over 10 years and yes for a fact i could get the hood open with a long screwdriver. ***when you finally give up and take it to a garage ask them how they got it open. they reply back and prove me wrong or man up and admit i was right. i take this very serious!!
Feb 22, 2008 at 4:41 PM
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[quote:58bc1ade6f="mastertechtim"]hey bub i can lead the horse to the water but i cant make you drink it. i have worked for chevrolet over 10 years and yes for a fact i could get the hood open with a long screwdriver. ***when you finally give up and take it to a garage ask them how they got it open. they reply back and prove me wrong or man up and admit i was right. i take this very serious!![/quote:58bc1ade6f]

Sorry that guy was a jerk, your advice worked great for me Tim. Laid underneath my truck for an hour trying to figure it out... took me 2 minutes after reading your advice. Mine was a 1992 GMC Sonoma. The end of the hood latch cable had just become disconnected from the circle loop I pushed with the screwdriver to open it.
Aug 19, 2009 at 10:12 PM