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    #1

    broken hood latch cable

    so my hood latch cable snapped earlier and the handle fell out on the floorboard. anyone know how the hell i can get the hood open so i can replace it (or at least put some hood pins in )?
    2010 Toyota Camry "Traveller II "
    54,xxx miles. New daily driver
    2001 Lincoln Town Car Signature "Leroy"
    rear cats deleted, 2" h pipe, dual 8" cherry bomb glasspacks
    114k miles. Sold to my coworker.
    1998 Toyota Camry "Traveller"
    Dead and sold.
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    #2
    How far in did it break? Maybe you can pull the kick panel and get enough of the cable to grab wit a pair of pliers or vice grips? If that doesn't get it, pull down the driver's front fender liner and locate the cable on the inside of the fender.

    2000 Mercury Grand Marquis GS HPP - SOLD
    Wore out the cam chain tensioners and jumped time at 176k miles.

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      #3
      The one on my townie is dangling there too. But on my vic the cable melted and I cut it shorter so it hangs under the grill. Then I tied a keyring on the inner cable. Basically you just have to pull the inner cable. If you can't get to it behind kick panel. I'd cut it up and under the hood behind grill. Then strip the cover off so you can pull it.
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        #4
        vice grips on the cable if just the plastic handle came off. If it snapped under the hood, you'll have to find your way up from the airdam to pop it.

        Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
        rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)
        Originally posted by gadget73
        ... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
        Originally posted by dmccaig
        Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.

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          #5
          This just happened to my 86 Crown Vic. On this particular car, can I just remove the front grill and pop the hood that way?

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            #6
            you can try. You may still need vice grips to grab whatever cable is left and yank on it.

            Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
            rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)
            Originally posted by gadget73
            ... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
            Originally posted by dmccaig
            Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.

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              #7
              Originally posted by sly View Post
              you can try. You may still need vice grips to grab whatever cable is left and yank on it.
              Thanks for the reply!

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                #8
                Got any decent curry?

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                  #9
                  too much spam in that curry.

                  Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
                  rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)
                  Originally posted by gadget73
                  ... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
                  Originally posted by dmccaig
                  Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.

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                    #10
                    thanks for the replys yall. I ended up crawling underneath the front and reaching up with a pair of needle noses and got it open, but the hood latch itself had broken as well, so I cut it off and put hood pins in cuz I couldn't find any TCs in the junk yard to pull a hood latch off of.
                    2010 Toyota Camry "Traveller II "
                    54,xxx miles. New daily driver
                    2001 Lincoln Town Car Signature "Leroy"
                    rear cats deleted, 2" h pipe, dual 8" cherry bomb glasspacks
                    114k miles. Sold to my coworker.
                    1998 Toyota Camry "Traveller"
                    Dead and sold.

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by 01Townie View Post
                      thanks for the replys yall. I ended up crawling underneath the front and reaching up with a pair of needle noses and got it open, but the hood latch itself had broken as well, so I cut it off and put hood pins in cuz I couldn't find any TCs in the junk yard to pull a hood latch off of.
                      Glad to hear you finally got it open. I was eventually able to get my hood open by going under the dash with a vice grips, as was recommended above. The cable had snapped off in the plastic mounting bracket so I had to get the cable out of that which was a bit of a hassle. I think hood pins are in my future.

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