> From: Timothy Holbrook [mailto:tjh173@yahoo.com]
> Sent: June 6, 2000 5:39 AM
>
> Since you own a 250 rather than a 6, you may be in luck. You can
> simply remove the passenger side headlight and headlight bucket, and
> then use a long broom handle to trigger the hood release. TR6 owners
> can't do this since the headlights are outboard in the fenders.
If you choose this route, just remember to re-aim your headlights after
doing this. You don't want to be blinding oncoming traffic with an errantly
aimed light. (Nor do you want to diminish your ability to see properly at
night if the new position causes the beam to go too low or off to the side
of the road).
Peter Zaborski -- CF58310 UO
> --- Opntop@aol.com wrote:
> > The dreaded hood release cable failure happened on my 250. It only
> > took about
> > a dozen or so releases since the installation of a new one. What is
> > the trick
> > to open the hood now and what is the secret or update to
> > keep it from
> > happening again ?
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