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From: Paul Hovnanian <hovnania@bcstec.ca.boeing.com>
Subject: Re: Getting the Hood open after a FIRE
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M`ke Schnider wrote:
> 
>    I've had a fire in the engine compartment of a 1983 Pontiac 6000 coupe
> (nice car with a 2.5L replacement engine). The fire was put out before it
> destroyed much more than hoses and belts and blistered the hood paint.
> (The insulation over the hood fell down and covered the engine and
> distributor assembly, protecting them.)
>    Unfortunately, I closed the hood after the affair - without thinking.
> 
>    I now realize that the hood latch cord was one of the things affected
> by the fire, and I cannot get the hood open again, even by crawling
> underneath the car and trying to wiggle things from underneath. There is a
> metal housing over the top of the radiator that makes accessing the hood's
> latch tongue difficult.

Can you reach the bolts for the hood hinges from underneath (back
by the firewall)?

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Paul Hovnanian    mailto:hovnania@bcstec.ca.boeing.com 
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