Yeeeeeeeeesh!
I had it happen to me on the 62. What a mess. I had to make this wicked
looking tool from sme aluminum stock I had laying around. Once I popped the
latch, (after about 2 hours of trials over a 2 day period - I was going crazy!)
I tied on a piece of steel wire that is now hiding at the grille towards the
headlight pods. So if it ever happens again, there is now a "Plan B" in place.
Chris Middlebrook
62 Custom Southampton
--- On Sun 05/16, john sadowski < jsadowski@xxxxxxx > wrote:
From: john sadowski [mailto: jsadowski@xxxxxxx]
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 10:19:44 -0700
Subject: Re: IML: Hood Relase Cable Broke - Help!
I had this happen on a 63 many years ago. I used a butter knife inserted
at<br>the front of the hood to slide the release. Careful for the paint. Once
you<br>get it open, tie a piece of wire to the latch & pull through the
drivers<br>side wheel well. You'd be surprised how many Imperials I've seen
with that<br>arrangement.<br>John<br>----- Original Message ----- <br>From:
<RandalPark@xxxxxxx><br>To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx><br>Sent: Sunday,
May 16, 2004 9:36 AM<br>Subject: Re: IML: Hood Relase Cable Broke -
Help!<br><br><br>> I missed this post the first time around. I know that this
won't work for<br>'66, but on my '60, I keep a wooden yard stick in the trunk.
It fits through<br>the grill bars and can easily be manipulated to work the
lever.<br>><br>> Amazingly, when this happened to me, I was on my way to
Spokane,<br>Washington. A gas station attendant offered the yard stick as they
had used<br>it on another car. I have kept it ever since. It took a while to
get that<br>cable fixed, so I relied on that yard stick for sever
al months, back in the<br>'80s when I was driving that car.<br>><br>>
Paul<br>><br>> In a message dated 5/16/2004 11:31:52 AM Eastern Daylight
Time,<br>donkiyoti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:<br>><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On
Sunday, May 16, 2004, at 07:13 AM, Oneof514@xxxxxxx wrote:<br>> ><br>> > > The
hood release cable just broke on my 66 Imperial - naturally with<br>> > > the
hood closed!<br>> > ><br>> > > Any suggestions for getting it open again are
much appreciated.<br>> > ><br>> ><br>> > Hi Wayne,<br>> ><br>> > I had this
happen on my '65 a long time ago. As I remember, you can pop<br>> > the latch
by using a long screwdriver to push it sideways, or you can<br>> > loop a piece
of wire around it and pull it. I had to do this for quite<br>> > awhile!<br>>
><br>> > To fix the cable, you'll need to get hold of some stiff wire
(like<br>> > piano wire). I had a machinist drill out the old cable from the
handle<br>> > and secure the new one with a set screw.<br>> ><br>> > Best,<br>>
> JM<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > ----------------- ht
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