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09-22-2016, 08:03 PM | #1 |
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Hood release mechanism
Picked up this piece at Wavecrest last week. Never saw one before. Saw it in place on a 47 Ford wagon. Worked perfect. I've been waiting for mine to break for 35 years. That's when the fun starts. This will take care of that...right? Pics are self explanatory. The release handle is hidden behind the grille in easy reach. Any comments? Bill
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09-23-2016, 07:40 AM | #2 |
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09-23-2016, 11:09 AM | #3 |
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More than one way to skin a pig. Hot rodding !
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09-23-2016, 01:40 PM | #4 |
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Re: Hood release mechanism
Bill, it's not that hard to open your hood if the wire snaps. What I carry in my tool box is a wooden shim used for shimming doors and windows. Also a piece of 18 ga. sheet metal covered in tape to prevent scratching. Slid the shim in to lift the hood and slide the sheet metal piece in to push back the latch. Ask me how I know, I now carry them in my tool kit.
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09-23-2016, 09:44 PM | #5 |
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Great ideas all! Don't know how I missed the 51 Merc invention. At the very least I'll remember where I bought it every time I pull it. The release that is ...
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07-12-2017, 01:04 PM | #6 | |
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07-12-2017, 05:50 PM | #7 |
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You guys are making this way too hard. Circa 1963 the hood release on my '48 coupe rusted stuck. No amount of pulling would unlatch the hood. Took a stout bread knife and slipped it between the hood and the grill, just to the right of the safety catch, and put the tip of the blade under the cable clamp thing and on the tang that catches the release cable. One good shove on the handle of the knife and the hood popped open. Since I have little other use for a bread knife in my mobile tool box, I threw in a couple of hacksaw blades, which also work.
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07-13-2017, 11:04 AM | #9 |
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Exactly the point of my final comment. I note that many of those covers have been discarded along the way. Good riddance. Not sure what the purpose of that part was anyway. Except maybe to keep juvenile delinquents from popping the hood to steal a carburetor or generator from your locked car. Not that I would know anything about that.
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