'89 Eagle, hood won't open

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Knifeblade_03 - 19 Jan 2007 21:53 GMT

Well, the interior hood release lever [or the cable attached to it] went
west. Thus, the hood won't open. If I can get the primary latch to open,
I can get to the safety catch through the grille. No, sigh, I can't
remove grille, stupid screws concealed by the hood, sheesh. And, there
is no visible cable around the interior lever release that I can get
hold of, 2x sheesh. It is a floor mount release lever.

'89 Eagle Premier ES.

I can get to the safety catch, but have no idea on how to find or grab
the cable that releases the primary latch, or how to trigger the
primary latch open at the hood.

Any ideas? Outside of a crowbar, that is, LOL.

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Pete C. - 19 Jan 2007 22:10 GMT

> Well, the interior hood release lever [or the cable attached to it] went
> west. Thus, the hood won't open. If I can get the primary latch to open,
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> http://www.automotiveforums.com

Don't know anything about that particular model, but I'd try to
determine where the cable broke and if you can access the cable past the
broken part.

The next thought would be a sawzall to cut the hood latch hoop if you
can get to it since that should leave a fairly simple repair.

Pete C.

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sdlomi2 - 20 Jan 2007 23:23 GMT

> Well, the interior hood release lever [or the cable attached to it] went
> west. Thus, the hood won't open. If I can get the primary latch to open,
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> Any ideas? Outside of a crowbar, that is, LOL.

"Use" someone with sharp eyes, long keen arms, and a knack for mechanics
to lie on the ground & look up thru openings--I've yet to try one that I
needed to open that cannot be opened from outside. I WILL agree, tho',
there are MANY, MANY makes/models I've not tried--but because I had no need
to access them. May require a semi-rigid length of wire with a loop in the
working end. HTH, s

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synthius2002@yahoo.com - 21 Jan 2007 00:00 GMT

A friend of mine has another 89 eagle problem. The horn won't work, and
some garage told her
it would cost some fantastic amount of money to fix. She wants to
abandon it.

I don't suppose there is an online shop manual anyone knows about? Or
better yet, a teenager
near Pittsburgh who will buy it cheap and fix it themselves.

Nils K. Hammer

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