85 Pickup / Stuck hood./ Any Help?

From : watzurhappythot

Q: hi folks new to the group heres my woe i have an 85 small v8 pickup i need to change the water pump on. problem is when i went to open the hood via the cable release under the dash it snapped right at the point of closure for the hood. nope cant change my water pump from the bottom. so any wizards out there with a clue how i open the hood without the use of a recip saw any serious advice would be very cool thanks peace .

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From : nitpik

had a car where the cable became disconnected at the latch .. had to crawl under car with coat hanger and reach up around all the stuff to activate the latch .. pretty frustrating but worked. hi folks new to the group heres my woe i have an 85 small v8 pickup i need to change the water pump on. problem is when i went to open the hood via the cable release under the dash it snapped right at the point of closure for the hood. nope cant change my water pump from the bottom. so any wizards out there with a clue how i open the hood without the use of a recip saw any serious advice would be very cool thanks peace .

From : beekeep

on 29 may 2004 031107 gmt watzurhappythot@aol.comokydoky watzurhappythot wrote hi folks new to the group heres my woe i have an 85 small v8 pickup i need to change the water pump on. problem is when i went to open the hood via the cable release under the dash it snapped right at the point of closure for the hood. nope cant change my water pump from the bottom. so any wizards out there with a clue how i open the hood without the use of a recip saw any serious advice would be very cool thanks peace a heavy piece of steel wire should do the trick. just bend it into a small hook and stick it through the crack. beekeep .

From : daniel j stern

on fri 29 may 2004 watzurhappythot wrote heres my woe i have an 85 small v8 pickup i need to change the water pump on. problem is when i went to open the hood via the cable release under the dash it snapped right at the point of closure for the hood. nope cant change my water pump from the bottom. oof. so any wizards out there with a clue how i open the hood without the use of a recip saw probably the first thing to do is remove the drivers side headlamp bezel and turn signal assembly. philips-head screws all accessible with the hood closed. this should give you a more-or-less clear if small correctly-angled access path to the hood latch. cut and straighten a wire clothes hanger and bend a small hook in the end. have a helper push down on the hood and maybe hold a good flashlight so you can see what youre doing. hook the latch release give it a yank and hold it yanked until your helper stops pushing down on the hood. have a replacement hood release cable ready to install before you close the hood again or if this is a beater rig up a permanent external hood release with part of your clothes hanger wire and hang it out through the grille. -stern .