Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 12:40:10 PST From: mojavegnopsamsp.com (Everett M. Greene) Subject: Re: CanĄt open the hood =SAAB 96=
"Bas Stolwijk" <basman22nopsamail.com> wrote > > > > I am having trouble to open the hood of my 1978 SAAB 96. According the > > instruction manual I just have to pull the lever and then the hood will > pop > > open for a bit. After that just press the hood down and backwards to > release > > the pin and the hood will go open... > > Well, I found the lever... I have pulled it and maybe the hood popped a > > little bit open. But how much I press and pull and push, the pin will not > > release. > > Does anyone have a tip or solution for me? This sounds similar to the problem I had with a 1974 Saab 99. It took two people to open the hood -- one to pull the lever and the other to move the hood up and forward. The root of the problem seemed to be that there was so much friction in the cable that one couldn't pull the release fast enough to get the hood to "jump" from its latched position. Sometimes you could get it to work but most of the time you couldn't. I just learned to live with it...
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