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73 vw hood stuck
Jan wrote:
> Neil - Usenet wrote: >> "Speedy Jim" > wrote in message >> et... >> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Read all the messages about what to do to keep the hood from sticking >>>> shut again but how do you get it open in the first place? The lever >>>> releases in the summer time and sticks in the winter. I need to get it >>>> open now. Any advice? >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> jq >>>> >>> >>> Have a helper pull on the release cable. >>> >>> You operate the hood button and push/pull violently. >>> >>> Jim >> >> >> what if that fails to work? >> > > > very little viuolence needed: > > Helped pulls the release cable, you go to the front and place one hand > on the handle & button, and the other hand about a foot up on the hood > from the handle. PUSH IN firmly with the upper hand, pull out and up > with the lower hand (while pushing the button of course). Works the same > for earlier, non-button models. > > This is usually enough to pop it open. > > Jan What Jan said. The worst stuck I ever encountered was early hood/body with no rubber... The retaining lip caught "something", deadlock got a new meaning. This is when you need body mass or three people. One to pull the cable, one to push down on the middle of the hood, one to pull down and out on the handle. Be violent, it WILL give, plenty of foul language also helps.. J. Ps. Did I mention violence?? |
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73 vw hood stuck
Berg wrote:
> The worst stuck I ever encountered was early hood/body with no rubber... > The retaining lip caught "something", deadlock got a new meaning. > > This is when you need body mass or three people. One to pull the cable, > one to push down on the middle of the hood, one to pull down and out on > the handle. > Be violent, it WILL give, plenty of foul language also helps.. > > J. > > Ps. Did I mention violence?? "plenty of foul language also helps.. " HaHa How could I forget? Jim |
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73 vw hood stuck
Speedy Jim wrote:
> Berg wrote: > >> The worst stuck I ever encountered was early hood/body with no >> rubber... The retaining lip caught "something", deadlock got a new >> meaning. >> >> This is when you need body mass or three people. One to pull the >> cable, one to push down on the middle of the hood, one to pull down >> and out on the handle. >> Be violent, it WILL give, plenty of foul language also helps.. >> >> J. >> >> Ps. Did I mention violence?? > > > > "plenty of foul language also helps.. " > > HaHa How could I forget? > > Jim We all get older. ) J. |
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