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Old 09-15-2002, 02:18 PM
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Default Help, please! Hood release cable disconnected.
I spent yesterday replacing my electric cooling fan and putting a new timing belt in (thanks Reggie).
All went well, until I tried to open the hood up this afternoon to refill the windshield washer reservoir. Pulled the hood release lever and, uh oh, nothing. I'm guessing the cable came out of the mechanism under the hood. Anyone know if it's possible to open the hood or access the release mechanism another way???
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Hmmm.....u need to pull the bumper cover off....then reach under and release the latch...
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reach under what? the front of the hood, or the behind the radiator?
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The front of the hood.. It sucks but its the only way.
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you could destroy your grille with a small jewlers saw...get in and unlatch it...then buy an aftermarket grille or RS4 grille or something like that, cause pulling the bumper out and all that IMHO sounds like a hassle, though I've never done it...maybe it's not that hard.
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thanks guys, here I thought everything went perfect, oh well.
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Default Bumper comes out in a snap..... check out www.goapr.com under tech
they got a faq on their snub mount on how to take the bumper off.



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Default BTDT... I reached up from underneath the car and popped the release with an....
old pool cue. It's a PITA but you can do it (and don't need to break anything).

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