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    Opening hood without cable

    Hey guys, a few weeks ago my hood-cable snapped and I can't seem to figure out how to open the hood. Is there a trick to it? I poked around a lot around the latch with a screw driver but couldn't seem to make it pop.
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    Do you happen to know where it snapped?

    This happened to a Focus that belonged to a friend of mine. I was able to pull the splash guard back in front of the tire and cut the release cable there. I pulled it through a couple clips to give some slack, then stripped the sheathing off a couple inches of it. That let me get a set of pliers on the cable itself and pull from there to open the hood.

    10.2:1 F-series, 417whp, 398lb/ft Single-Cam on pump gas

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      #3
      If I remember right the cable runs under the fender. If you pull the plastic inner fender you should be able to do what he mentioned and pull the cable there. Once that is done just run the cable down to the grill or somewhere you can get to it.

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        #4
        As they said just pull out the driver's side splash guard (all you need is a screw driver), locate the cable hopefully before the damaged spot and pull on the actual cable not the black shield around it. and bam you got yourself an opened hood!
        Hoonigan: a person who participates in any type of reckless driving including but not limited to drifting, drag racing, burnouts, doughnuts as well as acts of automotive aeronautics.
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          #5
          when my rex had this problem i got some dykes and cut the cable where i could see it thru the grill, ripped off the sheathing and used vise grips to grab the bit of steel wire to pop the hood. eventually became tired of this paid the 20 or 30 bucks for a new cable from the dealer and spent about 70 mins changing it, first time..wasnt bad and felt so good when I pulled the latch when i was done. if you havnt snapped it yet you might get away with soaking the latch in penetrating oil and trying,if not the cables rusted in its sheath and itll need replaced unless you can get it out unscathed and recondition it

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            #6
            Thanks for the replies guys. My oil light came on and I HAD to do something, So I just used a 10MM socket with an extension and completely removed the latch from the radiator support.

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