Broken hood cable and the hood is locked!

Hello,
I am in a pinch. I have followed the directions in the Bentley, cut the
latch on my 72 Super in 3 places, got the bottom ppiece off , but the upper
one will not turn without turning the bolt, too, and there is no room to get
anything between the latch and the hood. maybe a sheet of paper at most.

Who's been in my shoes?


--
Adam P
Charleston,SC Coburn, WV

"Mountaineers are always free"

>Who's been in my shoes?

not me, but reading you other posts I sure hope this is not happening during
the cigar test!!!!!

Good luck!
Mark Detro
Englewood, FL

66' panel
71' westy
73' baja

Vanagon Man wrote:

> anything between the latch and the hood. maybe a sheet of paper at most.
>
> Who's been in my shoes?
>
>
I haven't been in your shoes, but I did borrow your socks last week,
when you weren't looking...

> Hello,
> I am in a pinch. I have followed the directions in the Bentley, cut
the
> latch on my 72 Super in 3 places, got the bottom ppiece off ,

It seems like if you got the bottom piece off, you could fit a screw
driver in the hole and push something to open the latch.
Sorry. I have not had any problems in that area since I replaced that
cable about 10 years ago.


Vanagon Man wrote:
> Hello,
> I am in a pinch. I have followed the directions in the Bentley, cut
the
> latch on my 72 Super in 3 places, got the bottom ppiece off , but the
upper
> one will not turn without turning the bolt, too, and there is no room
to get
> anything between the latch and the hood. maybe a sheet of paper at
most.
>
> Who's been in my shoes?
>
>
> --
> Adam P
> Charleston,SC Coburn, WV
>
> "Mountaineers are always free"