Help my hood wont open

[Venus]

My Explorer has been in and out of the shop when i could afford to fix it. Well it has set about 6 monthes total. I went to check the oil and the hood will not open.....any hints ....the handle in the ford feels like it works but the hood won't popp
HELP

 

[Rick]

The post I linked to is from the generation earlier, but I bet there is something similar on the 3rd gen Explorer:

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2263340&postcount=3

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