So happy I was to have gotten my 82 project car running, that I dropped down the hood, and immediately said, "(insert several explicatives here)!!!"
I never did reconnect the hood latch cable, and so now my hood is stuck latched.

What can I do?

(Ya know, I'm asking for advice here, so be sure to leave some after you get done pokin' at me!)

 

I do **** like that all the time.(damn ADD)
anyhoo, I would guess it would be like jimmying a door open with a credit card. use a slim jim or something and trip the latch.

 

Jack the car up and see if you can get at the latch from underneath.

Other than that, try going and doing a search at Mazspeed. I remember this happened to someone there and I believe they managed to get it open without doing too much damage.

 

Climb on top of your car, and jump up and down on the hood screaming those same explitives...

That'll do it.

 

Well you could always pretend it's a Dodge K-car and drive it till it stops running and throw it away

 

long screwdriver a flashlight...jack up the car...it's easy!

 

I'm with setzep on this one... definately drive it till it drops, then just throw it away and get a new one for cheap...


Jeff

 

All great suggestions, guys!
However, I think I'll try the "Jack it up and use a screwdriver..." technique.

If that does'nt work, then I'll jump on the hood screaming.

If that does'nt work, I'll just drive it till the oil's gone, and throw it away like a used paper towel.

 

My friend once needed to raise the hood on a parts car 7 but the latch was broken. He took out the big old Thor hammer and punched several holes all around the latch and cut inbetween them. He raised the hood with a piece still attatched to the latch.

Definitely try the jack and screwdriver method first, hehe!

 

I beleive when this happened to me, I used a broom stick. Get it way up in the air, and try to hit the release on the latch from the drivers side , I think.. I know one side its easier on

 

Go ahead and cut the hood for your scoop or Ram Air set up now and stuff your arm in there...

 

Plenty of useable hoods in the boneyards... I'd say it's can-opener time to the one you've got. When you're done you can still use it as a sled in the winter.

 

I had this happen to me once - the latch cable came undone.

What I did was jack the car up, reach up and pop the latch from underneath. You have to get it from the passenger (manifold) side, not very fun when the header is hot!

 

Yes, wait for car to cool down before deepfrying your arm.

Now, remind me to kill my fathers mechanic, hes one of those people that slam hoods, I've seen him do it to my car, and I'm sure he did it a bunch more times when it was in his shop. Don't be surprised if you see a house full of cow excrement and a red 1st gen fleeing from the scene.

 

Ahhh you guys are all so fulla ****! I stuffed all 215 pounds of my fat self up in there, and could find ****!
"Just go in from under the front..."...Indeed!

Luckily I did have the wiper vent piece removed, so there was plenty o' room for me to do the ole 'coat-hanger' deally on 'er.

The uh cable...It's hooked up now!

 

I'm glad you have that resolved without any body damage, hate to see any part of a r'ex harmed.