can't open my hood

[1989rps13]

so ive tried pulling on the cable to open the hood but no luck gtetting the hood to pop out.. :-/ This recently happened after i opened the hood and then just slammed it back down:goyou: to place any ideas on how to pop open that sucker? I need to flush out the coolant and throw in some new coolant in there AGGGR....:aw:

[s13boy89]

take off the hood latch

[Icy13]

What I usually do is have one person pull the hood latch and then reach under the front edge of the hood and use my biceps to provide the popping action. After 19 years, the spring that provides the popping action probably has seized.

Otherwise, your cable could be off or broken, but I seriously doubt that if this happened randomly one day after slamming the hood. More likely the hard slam jammed the spring so it cannot "pop"

-Konrad

[JohnRed]

push down the hood while opening it.

works for my broken hood.

[osal]

umm u can try one person pull the hood latch and at the same time sombody pull up the hood..it worked for me...after that u mite want to lube the latch
good luck

[Icy13]

osal knows where it's at ^^ (:) )

[projectRDM]

Readjust the latch, slamming it knocked it out of alignment.

[DOOK]

jaws of life... do it now

[240drifter1]

Mine wont open sometimes. I have to pop out the grill out then I can lol.

[nismo tuned s14]

my friend uses one hand to pull the cable and the other hand to pound his hood. lol. works for him.

gl

[brian m]

my friend uses one hand to pull the cable and the other hand to pound his hood. lol. works for him.

gl

Dang, your friend has some long arms!

or does he just use the right hand to pull the latch, walk to the front and pound with his left?

/sarcasm.:naughty:

[kyoru]

jaws of life... do it now

+1 I agree do it now!

[FaLKoN240]

I just grab my 12 mm and unbolt the latch, then pop it open, its not too hard.

[trecar]

i just slam one of the doors

[nismo tuned s14]

Dang, your friend has some long arms!

or does he just use the right hand to pull the latch, walk to the front and pound with his left?

/sarcasm.:naughty:

ha ha. na he hits the hood right above the fender and it just pops right up. he is a tall guy tho.

[Bobafreak]

Ahh leave it. Its a good security measure.

[Bubbles]

My hood hasn't opened for months, driving a Honda it hasn't been a problem. Ha ha.

I should probably change the oil sometime. Meh.

[1989rps13]

i just slam one of the doors
lol thats funny sadly i dont think that will work in my case
I just grab my 12 mm and unbolt the latch, then pop it open, its not too hard.
thanks ill try that right now i na couple minutes
Mine wont open sometimes. I have to pop out the grill out then I can lol.
thanks ill turn over to that if nothing else works lol.
Readjust the latch, slamming it knocked it out of alignment.
it probably did i shouldnt have left that heavy ass hood drop like that:bite:

[s13 @ fullboost]

jaws of life... do it now

agreed on that =]

[1989rps13]

okay so yest. i tried to get it to open i reached under the front bumper and pulled the latch down to get the hood to pop up and no luck bitch is jammed or something.

[flip3d]

Mine doesnt pop. I have to hit the hood when I pull the latch release.

[xdumbxguyx]

i hit the upper driver corner while trying to pull the latch. when it gets stuck.

[spoolandslide]

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[jackjack]

^YES. GET.

no seriously though, readjust the latch (as projectRDM mentioned). i've had to do it several times.

[S-Nation S13]

my friend uses one hand to pull the cable and the other hand to pound his hood. lol. works for him.

gl


lol thats some ghetto @ss sh*t but i cant speak when mine does that same i guess im ghetto to adjusting the latch im looking at fsm to see exactly where to put the damn thing along with measuring points but its a no good cause front got smashed

my 2 cents//
if you pull on the hood release and you feel no tension the wire is probally broke

[Tearlessj]

I always pull the latch. Walk to the front on the car and use a key to lift it up. Then open. YAYA!

[dirtdiggler666]

i heard a plasma cutter will work great go rent one:bigok:

[s14kouki44]

my old s13 i just had to pull on it REALLY hard, my old s14 i had to slide my key or a similar object between the headlight and the hood, that usually did it for me

[rbs14kouki]

my cable was seized on my s14 ... took the grill out and pop the hood with a flat screw driver ... you can pop it open without taken the latch off !!!