hood release problems

Q10 · Post by **Q10** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 1:46 am

from what Ive been reading, this seems to be a common problem with my chassis. I finally bought a timing light/gun and I was going to get my distr timing back where it needed to be, but my hood wont pop. I was having trouble popping the hood before. I would pull and pull, and it would take forever to actually pop. Then it got to the point where I had to have someone push down on the hood for it to pop. Now, it wont pop at all. I stuck my hand up between to bumper and radiator to see if I could just pull the cable, but its not connected to whatever it should be connected to. What the heck do I do now to get the hood open??

gcef89 · Post by **gcef89** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:57 pm

ive never heard of this being a problem not unless ur cable was lose or broken

Waffles · Post by **Waffles** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 10:05 pm

Put the car up in the air,
take off the lower plastic
Get a friend with long skinny arms to squeeze the release arm with a pair of pliers.

gcef89 · Post by **gcef89** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 3:15 am

Waffles;266671 wrote:Put the car up in the air,
take off the lower plastic
Get a friend with long skinny arms to squeeze the release arm with a pair of pliers.

most of us honda guys are probably skinny anyways!

Waffles · Post by **Waffles** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:27 am

Or pry bar lol

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQCimqy_ ... ata_player"]YouTube - ‪Honda Hood Pop‬‏[/ame]

SweetEBPSi · Post by **SweetEBPSi** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 3:01 pm

Your latch is just sticking due to dirt/grim/crap. After you change your oil, usually there are a few drops left in the quart bottle. Put that on the latch. Or if you have some WD40 around, spray the latch. Trust me. It will probably work after that.

Q10 · Post by **Q10** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:28 pm

lol, pry bar.

I think I have some wd40, Ill give it a try.

Waffles · Post by **Waffles** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:31 pm

I was filming in that vid. Its a member opening his hood lol

Q10 · Post by **Q10** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:36 pm

that was pretty hilarious, I dont really want to have to go through that though lol.

jpciii · Post by **jpciii** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:50 pm

-pull hood release lever like normal
-hold lever in 'pulled' position, this will reveal the cable up behind the lever
-grab exposed cable with pliers and pull it further than the lever can accomplish
-hood should pop
-clean & lube hood latch