Hood release broken 92 chev 3500 - 1998 Chevrolet C1500

SOURCE: Broken hood release on 98 chev 1500. How can I get it open?

those are cable operated if it's broke at the lever in the car find the cable end and pull it with a pliers, if it's broke at the release under the hood it's going to a little harder you will have to get up under the hood and manually release the hood before you can replace the release lever

SOURCE: hood latch cable is broken on my 99 chev cavalier

is the latch from the interor car broken, or the locking mechenism to release the hood not working?

Either way its a simple fix just requires the hoot to be open.

oneStan

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• Posted on Jan 29, 2010

SOURCE: hood release won't release hood on my 92 chevy

You'll have to see first if the cable has broken at the release lever, if so, use vice grips or something similar to pull on the cable that is sticking out & it should open it. Normally this works it it has broken as that is the wear point. If it isn't broken there or you can't see where it is broken, or even worse, it it is just loose, then you'll basically have to get access to that cable somehow & pull on it. There is the off chance that you can see the mechanism from the front through the grille & can fish the wire out to pull, or use a coathanger to pop the latch. If all else fails, you'll need to get the replacement part, then carefully cut through the cable you are replacing so as to preserve the inner cable enough to pull & open. The whole idea of the remote hood opening was to prevent anyone from easy access. good luck

SOURCE: hood latch cable fails to release hood when

I would try pushing down and pulling up on the hood while someone operates the hood latch. I'd try to spray some WD-40 between the hood and grill area. From underneath, you may be able to use a long screw driver to try to move the release lever over to release the hood.

SOURCE: 95 chevy astro hood release

if you try to look inside( between the hood and the grill) , you will see the latch with two bolts holding into it.remove the two bolts using a extended tool.then the hood will released.