Alternate way to open hood - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Bjack21 · 02-02-2017, 09:11 PM

hey guys! my hood release cable got loose i think and i used a plier to pull on the driver side and wrecked the cable. now its totally unable to open. any alternate ways?

Impureclient · 02-02-2017, 10:27 PM

Easy

Going from underneath looks impossible looking at it. Maybe remove drivers side wheel and wheel well cover and reach over there or at least get to the wire? Good luck.

Can you at least grab the wire going to it inside? Maybe with two people you can grab it and have another person bump on the hood to release it?

humfrz · 02-02-2017, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Bjack21

hey guys! my hood release cable got loose i think and i used a plier to pull on the driver side and wrecked the cable. now its totally unable to open. any alternate ways?

Welcome to the forum, Bjack21.......

What do you mean ..... you wrecked the cable ... ??

If I were you, I would remove the kick panel and try to get a hold of the cable with a pair of vise grips and pull on the cable.

Or, go with the Bubba method:

humfrz

Bjack21 · 02-02-2017, 11:39 PM

the cable from which it comes out from the drivers side is like almost gonna break anytime from all that yanking. and yea i removed the side kick panel already. the wheel well side seems far from the latch itself. i dont even know if its possible for it to be detached from the latch.

humfrz · 02-03-2017, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Bjack21

the cable from which it comes out from the drivers side is like almost gonna break anytime from all that yanking. and yea i removed the side kick panel already. the wheel well side seems far from the latch itself. i dont even know if its possible for it to be detached from the latch.

So, can you get ahold of the cable on the inside of the car end ... ??

If so, what happened when you pulled it .... ??

If it simply pulls hard, I suggest you pull on it harder, using a vice grip as a lever. They seem to pull hard, even with its lever.

If it has become detached from the latch under the hood, it should pull on through. That would not be good.

Come back.

humfrz

humfrz · 02-03-2017, 12:36 AM

PS - as you are attempting to pull the cable, have someone gently push down on the front center of the hood to release pressure on the latch mechanism (like @Impureclient suggested).

humfrz

Packofcrows · 02-03-2017, 02:05 AM

from inside? drop seats, get in there with a flashlight

humfrz · 02-03-2017, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Packofcrows

from inside? drop seats, get in there with a flashlight

...... pay attention, Packofcrows ....... he is trying to open the hood not the trunk ...... sheeesh!

humfrz

Packofcrows · 02-03-2017, 02:33 AM

you are right! Damn. GG hood in that case.

shiumai · 02-03-2017, 10:45 AM

Maybe PM the OP in this thread to get more details on how he accessed his hood latch; he had the same issue. I'd be interested in knowing as well:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2620340

stevesnj · 02-03-2017, 01:57 PM

humfrz · 02-03-2017, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by stevesnj

That gave me an idea ...... place some det cord around the seam between the hood and the rest of the body ....... give it a jolt ....... maybe the hood will blow straight off ......

humfrz

Bjack21 · 02-03-2017, 09:24 PM

Right well i removed the wheel liners and had access to the left bottom bay area. well the good is that its still attached to the latch. the bad is no matter how hard i pull using a vice grip its still unlatched. oh and the air box is blocking the path to the latch so yea..

shiumai · 02-03-2017, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Bjack21

Right well i removed the wheel liners and had access to the left bottom bay area. well the good is that its still attached to the latch. the bad is no matter how hard i pull using a vice grip its still unlatched. oh and the air box is blocking the path to the latch so yea..

The OP in the other thread did it through the passenger side - I wonder how he actually did it.

02-02-2017, 09:11 PM	#1
Bjack21 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Drives: 2013 scion frs Location: goodyear Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Alternate way to open hood hey guys! my hood release cable got loose i think and i used a plier to pull on the driver side and wrecked the cable. now its totally unable to open. any alternate ways?

02-03-2017, 02:05 AM	#7
Packofcrows hey you, yeah you <3 Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2014 37J FR-S Location: Monterey County, CA Posts: 2,713 Thanks: 905 Thanked 1,257 Times in 809 Posts Mentioned: 38 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	from inside? drop seats, get in there with a flashlight __________________ Got my TRD wheels and TRD louvers. Thanks!!!

02-03-2017, 02:33 AM	#9
Packofcrows hey you, yeah you <3 Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2014 37J FR-S Location: Monterey County, CA Posts: 2,713 Thanks: 905 Thanked 1,257 Times in 809 Posts Mentioned: 38 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	you are right! Damn. GG hood in that case. __________________ Got my TRD wheels and TRD louvers. Thanks!!!

02-03-2017, 10:45 AM	#10
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02-03-2017, 01:57 PM	#11
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02-02-2017, 10:27 PM	#2
Impureclient Banned Join Date: May 2015 Drives: 2015 FR-S Location: NPR, Florida Posts: 2,404 Thanks: 1,802 Thanked 2,903 Times in 1,282 Posts Mentioned: 25 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Easy Going from underneath looks impossible looking at it. Maybe remove drivers side wheel and wheel well cover and reach over there or at least get to the wire? Good luck. Can you at least grab the wire going to it inside? Maybe with two people you can grab it and have another person bump on the hood to release it?

02-02-2017, 11:39 PM	#4
Bjack21 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Drives: 2013 scion frs Location: goodyear Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	the cable from which it comes out from the drivers side is like almost gonna break anytime from all that yanking. and yea i removed the side kick panel already. the wheel well side seems far from the latch itself. i dont even know if its possible for it to be detached from the latch.

02-03-2017, 12:36 AM	#6
humfrz Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Drives: 2013 FR-S, white, MT Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 29,866 Thanks: 28,787 Thanked 31,813 Times in 16,424 Posts Mentioned: 708 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	PS - as you are attempting to pull the cable, have someone gently push down on the front center of the hood to release pressure on the latch mechanism (like @Impureclient suggested). humfrz

02-03-2017, 09:24 PM	#13
Bjack21 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Drives: 2013 scion frs Location: goodyear Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Right well i removed the wheel liners and had access to the left bottom bay area. well the good is that its still attached to the latch. the bad is no matter how hard i pull using a vice grip its still unlatched. oh and the air box is blocking the path to the latch so yea..

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