At 02:38 PM 7/3/2009, Bobby Whitehead wrote:
>I bought this real nice race car cable release from
>Summitt..... hooked it all up really nice.... checked all the
>operations... then shut the hood...
>
>HOOD WILL NOT RELEASE, PLUS MY BATTERY IS DISCONNECTED.... I CAN'T
>DRIVE IT, LOST SLEEP OVER THE DELIMA LAST NIGHT...
>
>Is there any access that anyone knows of easy??? I thought about
>pulling the headlight buckest out and removing the hood latches from
>the body, lift the hood from the front and then see if I can
>reach the lever...
Bobby, I loosened the hinge bolts at the body and was able to raise
the bonnet leading edge just high enough to reach in with a broom
handle and trip the release. Then I bought the emergency release
hicky from Macy's Garage. And of course have never had to use it.
jim
>HELP!!
>
>
>Bobby Whitehead
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'63 TR4 in autox preparation
98.9% finished, 90% to go
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