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Hood latch broken

How do I go about opening my hood when the latch has broken? I pulled on the release cable and nothing happened. Need to get my hood open. Any help is greatly appreciated.
1987 Thunderbird 3.8. Sold :(

1982 Thunderbird - Goodbye 255, Hello 302!

Re: Hood latch broken

Reply #1 –
what year car do you have? and is a TBird or Cougar?  is the cable busted or is it the latch it self?
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there's only about a half a dozen man made objects that are herd by the human ear below 40Hz,a pipe organ,thunder,the space shuttle lifting off,a jet airplane taking off or landing,a large canon,an atomic bomb ignited in your back yard and the heat wave afterward oh wait you would be dead so you would'nt hear it scratch that!,and maybe beating your hear against a wall less then 40 times a second..rap music is'nt one of them!thats 40-60Hz@100+db the moving air is under 40Hz

Re: Hood latch broken

Reply #2 –
It's an '87 TBird.  I think the cable came out of the latch because half of it was broken.  It used to stick open because the spring was broken and I'd take a hammer and flathead screwdriver to pound it back so it would latch again when I closed the hood.  Half of the metal part that holds the end of the cable broke off at one point and I never replaced the latch.  I have one and was going to do it this weekend, but I guess I was too late
1987 Thunderbird 3.8. Sold :(

1982 Thunderbird - Goodbye 255, Hello 302!
 

Re: Hood latch broken

Reply #3 –
look from under the car , if any cable remains grab it with pliers or something and pull.  if not try and unbolt it or undo it based on what you see.