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This thread is in the ultimate DIY section is very old and the pictures are gone. Unlike playboy where I buy it for the articles I need pictures for this how to....
Install the cables. Very cheap and easy job. That metal tool will scratch the ---- out of your paint in the door jamb area. I can't give my old one away.
Install the cables. Very cheap and easy job. That metal tool will scratch the ---- out of your paint in the door jamb area. I can't give my old one away.
Il'll take it!! I need one for the '95 too. I had zero trouble popping both sides (just testing) without a mark. A caveman could do it.
I will not install external releases for thieves and vandals.
Il'll take it!! I need one for the '95 too. I had zero trouble popping both sides (just testing) without a mark. A caveman could do it.
I will not install external releases for thieves and vandals.
Seriously? No one is going to go looking at a 1995 C4 for external hood release cables so they can open your hood and steal or vandalize it. No one except the owner would even know what they were.
Seriously? No one is going to go looking at a 1995 C4 for external hood release cables so they can open your hood and steal or vandalize it. No one except the owner would even know what they were.
Perfect guys, thanks!!! I did finally get the hood open but had to take the inner fender skirt out. luckily it was not a broken cable only the grommet came out of the slot.
I tried that tool over and over and never could get it to work! I just don't understand why GM engineer's did not plan for this!!!!
I will be getting the bicycle wire TODAY!!!!!
Seriously? No one is going to go looking at a 1995 C4 for external hood release cables so they can open your hood and steal or vandalize it. No one except the owner would even know what they were.
I'll add that to get to mine you would pretty much need to stop the wipers in the up position. If they can do that the're already in the car.
Last edited by belairbrian; 07-01-2017 at 10:29 AM.
Perfect guys, thanks!!! I did finally get the hood open but had to take the inner fender skirt out. luckily it was not a broken cable only the grommet came out of the slot.
I tried that tool over and over and never could get it to work! I just don't understand why GM engineer's did not plan for this!!!!
I will be getting the bicycle wire TODAY!!!!!
Many people who have that metal rod type tool have never used it. When they do have to use it because the hood release doesn't work, they fumble around back and forth twisting and turning it trying to figure where it's supposed to be inserted into the door jam area blindly trying to figure out where the release is.. That's when the scratching of the paint happens. But I hear tell that if you're a caveman you can do it perfectly with no marks. You're making the right choise with the cables.
Many people who have that metal rod type tool have never used it. When they do have to use it because the hood release doesn't work, they fumble around back and forth twisting and turning it trying to figure where it's supposed to be inserted into the door jam area blindly trying to figure out where the release is.. That's when the scratching of the paint happens. But I hear tell that if you're a caveman you can do it perfectly with no marks. You're making the right choise with the cables.
Anyone here ever heard of "to each his own"? If you wish to use one of the most well know, common mods to make your hood and it's innards accessible to anyone, go for it.
I get some people can't figure out how a tool works. Bless your heart. It worked for ME first and second time (both sides) without a scratch. YMMV.
The tool was designed by Gordon Killebrew. Google if you don't recognize one of the most knowledgeable C4 sources in the world.
I hope to never need it, but good to know it's behind the seat.
BTW, do you know how long it takes to remove the ECM? Just saying'
Seriously? No one is going to go looking at a 1995 C4 for external hood release cables so they can open your hood and steal or vandalize it. No one except the owner would even know what they were.
So anyone who has ever owned a C4 in the last 33 years will know how to look for the emergency release. Got to be at least three or four folks there.
Given the number of rare/expensive/unavailable stuff under my hood, I'll play Vegas odds instead.
Still, I'll gladly pay shipping on the tool you don't want.
06-30-2017, 06:33 AM
Emergency hood release recent threads??
You're making the right choise with the cables.
If you wish to use one of the most well know, common mods to make your hood and it's innards accessible to anyone, go for it. 
It worked for ME first and second time (both sides) without a scratch. YMMV. 
