jredd823
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- February 19, 2010
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- City, State
- salisbury, md
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1998
After recently changing the shift tube assemly in my girlfriends 98 explorer, i noticed that the hood wouldn't open. i put the issue off until a later day(being lazy) and today is that day. i had intended to change the oil in the truck. i drained the pan and changed the filterand i couldn't get the hood open. i pulled on the latch repeatedly with no luck. i did a google search and saw the many fixes for this issue on this site. i tried the screwdriver to open the hood manually through the grill. i dont know if i am doing it wrong but this didnt open the hood. i got frustrated and pulled as much of the cable as i could into the cabin of the truck and still couldnt get it opened. i got desperate and cut the grill enough to get my hand in there i can feel where the hood is supposed to be disengaged on the bottom of the hood latch. i moved it to the right with my hand, but this didnt open the hood. is there anything i am missing. i am doing all of this alone btw. any help is greatly appreciated