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Old 10-21-2013, 10:41 PM
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Default Has anyone ever replaced a hood release cable?

A long time ago the body shop I left my car at broke the handle off (long story).

I managed to find a Camaro at the yard with the mechanism intact, and removing it was one of the biggest pains in the *** ever. What gave me trouble is the rubber grommet that plugs into the firewall, I ended up hacking on it with a box cutter and pulling on it as hard as I could until it finally snaked through.

Now I have to remove my broken one, and install that one

Any easier way to go about this, or maybe I'm missing something? Really not looking forward to it

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Mine is starting to fray near the underhood release. I've looked at it a few times and just cringed when thinking about replacing it. lol
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Mine is starting to fray near the underhood release. I've looked at it a few times and just cringed when thinking about replacing it. lol
It really sucks, the one I removed with my buddy off a 30th anniversary Camaro at the yard was terrible. It took less than an hour, but it up a huge fight and I had to hack it with a knife.

Maybe someone will be able to chime in before I get to it, I already had enough fun replacing the outer window sweeps off of that same Camaro today lol.
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mine is broken as well. I just use whats left, only the handle part is broken in the car.



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