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Old 19 Jun 2006, 10:56 pm
Earle Horton
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Default Re: Hood Release cable on '95 Accord

"TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
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> "theZone" <krramesh@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:1150751712.032420.186720@y41g2000cwy.googlegr oups.com:
>
> > How difficult or easy it is to change the front hood release cable in
> > honda accord LX 1995?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > The Zone.
> >
> >

>
>
> Usually easy, but fiddly. You need to push the clips out of their holes to
> remove the cable. Remove plastic inner fender liner to access the part of
> the cable that runs through there.
>
> A tip: Tie a string to the end of the old cable before you pull it through
> the rad support into the fender well. Undo it and tie it to the end of the
> new one. This will make it easier to pull the new cable back through the
> rad support to the latch.
>
> What happened? Did it pull through at the release handle, or did it break
> in the middle somewhere?
>

Thanks for the string tip. I believe I will try it. I don't know how the
original poster's broke, but on mine the handle snapped right off. Then I
super-glued it, and tried to forget about it. That only worked for three
years.

Earle



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