![]() ![]() It almost seemed like this metal belt was too tight and causing the cable to bind. This plastic clip is secured with a metal band around it to hold it to the cable jacket. At the end of the jacket near the hood latch there's a plastic clip on the end of the jacket. I assumed there was some sort of corrosion inside the jacket.Įventually I determined the bind was in the last two inches of the cable where it attaches to the hood latch in the engine compartment. I could not determine where it was binding, so I cut the cable in half with a grinder to see if it was top or bottom half. The outside jacket and cable seemed to be in perfect shape, no kinks anywhere. Ok guys I carefully dissected the old cable. ![]() With a bigger spring I was able to push mine down by hand. put a bigger spring on the hood latch, and keep pushing the lever. What a PITA! What should have been a 20 minute job took me like 120. Feed the wire through the fender compartment and get the job all done before you re-attach these two plastic clips. There's a small hole in the clips in which you can insert a small flat head screwdriver to release the clip from the cable. BUT, you have to remove the two plastic clips from the new cable first. Because of the rubber firewall shield on the cable, you want to pull the rope from the hood side, and feed the cable from the interior back into the fender compartment. Again these need to be removed from the cable, not just unclipped from the fender. These have to be removed from the cable, and then you can pull the old cable and rope into the car. Inside the fender there are two clips which hold the cable housing in place. Don't get clips with wide heads or they will extend beyond the fender line. So pick up some 3/8 body retaining clips before you start the job. Doing this you will break some of the plastic body retaining clips because they are normally stuffed full of sand and road grime. You have to at least partially remove the black plastic splash guard above the tire to access the fender area. I thought I could just pull the old cable through, and use the rope to pull the new one through.WRONG! Honda was nice enough to put two clips inside the fender compartment. I have long arms and I had my arm and shoulder buried up under the dash. When you finally are able to work the cable free, it goes way up through the firewall into the left fender. The cable is routed behind all the wires. Inside the vehicle I removed the plastic panel covering the hood pull. I removed the latch, and one clip near the radiator, and taped a thin nylon rope to the end of the cable. If you are crazy enough to replace the cable.the hood side is easy. Be careful there are different ones.get the right one for your year. Purchased a Honda cable on ebay for $13 dollars. OMG, WHAT a PITA replacing the cable is! My advise is to keep pushing the lever. Folks, so I finally got around to replacing the hood latch cable after 3 years later. ![]()
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