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Re: Broken hood latch
Posted to Technical Tips Forum on 4/7/2000

Scott,

We had this happen on a mid-80's Chevy pickup just this week. We make a hook-type tool from a piece of welding rod and fished it between the hood and grill support, then caught the hood release lever and popped it open. It helped that we had a similia... Login to read more.