Hood release cable broken
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Jas is it possible to remove the grill without popping the hood? 
If this happens, and your hook latch cable still works, just pull the hood release again ya' dummy 
Originally Posted by tomtoc
side note: also make sure you never accidentally close/lock the latch while the hood is up. it was a pain to pop back open
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Originally Posted by Skandocious
Jas is it possible to remove the grill without popping the hood?
Originally Posted by Skandocious
If this happens, and your hook latch cable still works, just pull the hood release again ya' dummy
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Well I did that once with my truck Tom and I just pulled the hood release in the cab... Worked fine for me...
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You may be able to grab the cable itself through the grill and pull on it, if the inner cable is broke the outer casing will slide off of it, then pull on the inner cable to open the hood.
You may have to push the outer cable end free of the bracket right next to the latch itself so it will slide off the inner cable so you can grab it. The end of the outer cable sits in a slot in that bracket, pushing it back toward the motor and slightly up should do it.
You may have to push the outer cable end free of the bracket right next to the latch itself so it will slide off the inner cable so you can grab it. The end of the outer cable sits in a slot in that bracket, pushing it back toward the motor and slightly up should do it.
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Originally Posted by jas88
Take out the grille and then you will be able to easily get to the latch with a screwdriver.
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Good luck removing the grille with the hood shut. That's why the long screwdriver is key.
The answer to your next question is yes I have done this myself.
Last edited by jas88; Nov 30, 2007 at 04:48 PM.
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I had thought about trying to remove the grill. I noticed that there are supposed to be 4 black push pin plastic screw things (they have a phillips head on them, but don't really screw out) holding the grill from the front. 3 of mine are missing, so I think I'll pop the 4th one out then do as you said and try to pull the grill out and down. I assumed there must be something holding it in under the hood, but didn't want to break it, but I'll give it a try because I just can't get my hand in there far enough to grab the cable and pull it out to pop the hood with the grill in. Will let you know how it goes.
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I removed the remaining forward facing push pin and was able to pull the grill out a bit and down, but since I have a plow on the truck I didn't have much room and couldn't get it actually out of there. But I got it down enough so the I could slip a hack saw blade in and cut each of the top mounted push pins in half one at a time. It worked enough that I got the cable and was able to pull it and open the hood. Thanks all.
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Originally Posted by Skandocious
Jas is it possible to remove the grill without popping the hood?
If this happens, and your hook latch cable still works, just pull the hood release again ya' dummy
If this happens, and your hook latch cable still works, just pull the hood release again ya' dummy
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