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On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 21:53, John Jaranson wrote: > On Jun 30, 2005, at 10:33 PM, J. Jonik wrote: > > > Re/ Hoods not opening by pulling lever in glovebox. > > As for the hood not opening, if wiggling it and maybe bouncing it a bit > doesn't do it, your best bet is to to go in through the spare tire > well, assuming you don't have the spare in the car. If you do have the > spare in there it gets tougher. If it is a late car, you might be able > to pull the front bumper and the large crush tube behind it and go in > through one of the largish holes for the tube. Might need to find > someone with small arms. > > Also check to see that all the screws (I think there are 3) are > securing the bracket for the release lever. If these aren't all there > you might not be getting the full pull on the cable. > If you have to destroy something, destroy the round plate in the center to remove the shift rod. Easier to replace. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~