I hate to be the bearer of what might be bad news, but here goes anyway.
If your extra hood release gadget is the kind where you bolt a little
crank-shaped piece to the side of the hood latch bracket and drop a
wire straight down through the firewall, then the problem could very
well be that when you tried it, the crank went over-center (too far
to the cowl side) and has locked the latch trigger in place. That
little crank has to be much more carefully designed than it first
appears. I had the same problem, and redesigned that little latch and
repositioned the pivot hole. If you can find a way to pull your
little crank down even further, maybe the trigger on your main hood
latch will clear it. That would be the easiest solution.
Unfortunately this explanation of what might have happened is of
marginal use if you have the hood stuck and it won't open.
There is another access to that side of the engine which is seldom
mentioned. If you remove the right headlamp assembly, you have
partial access to the carb side of the engine. If you have the stock
air cleaner in place, that's a complication. But anyway, if you
remove that headlight, you can at least peer in there and maybe
figure out what's wrong or how to stick something long in there and
make it right.
If that fails, you can remove both headlight assemblies and unbolt
the hood hinges. That at least lets you raise the front of the hood
and then there are several possibilities, including unbolting the
spring-loaded half of the hood latch from the bottom side of the hood
and lifting the hood off.
Of course it helps if you have arms about 18" longer. Know any
basketball players?
At 11:33 AM 10/10/2005, GGanoung@aol.com wrote:
>Gentlemen:
>Drove the TR this morning. Last week I had put on the "emergency hood
>release". After multiple tests it appeared to work fine.
>Now, it won't open. The hood cable releases, the hood pops us part way.
>Cant get my fingers under the edge to lift, nor will the
>emergency contraption
>work.
>I know there has been much discussion over the years on this subject.
>What're my alternatives to get this thing open.
>thanks
>Gary
uncle jack
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