Hey guys just bought a 96 Cherokee and it had a burnt out headlight so i went out and bought 2 new lights for it. Went to pop the hood and the whole cable came out about 1 foot and now its jammed cant pull it any further or push it back in...how am i gonna pop my hood guys?

 

hehe got long skinny arms or know someone who does? Basically you have to reach up under the jeep at the front hood area to the drivers side where the release latch is..and manually release it with some pliers...or remove the headlight assemblies and unbolt the catches themselves..

 

Sounds like a plan.

Be warned, my '93 has two latches. One on the passenger and one on the driver's side.

 

All Cherokees have two so that is why OKC said catches plural.

 

True, but he only said to reach up into the driver's side.

But yeah, I fail at reading. Didn't even catch the plural.

 

If you can reach the latch mechanism there you can turn it and release both sides from that one spot. It is on the drivers side.

 

The release mechanism is on the drivers side and you pull it towards the fender sorta..That will allow for manual release basically mimicking what the cable does and if you can do this it's a pain and took me a bit to get it and a soar shoulder.. I did that on mine so I wouldn't have to remove the headlight assemblies and remove the latches/catches...

 

This is what the "Old owner" did to get into my hood after the release broke. I would like to XXXX him

 

jeez . . . why . . . just why? why would you cut a hole like that?

darn PO

you can get a replacement cable from quadratec for about 12 bucks
I had to replace mine since it broke at the handle. . . luckily there was enough wire left to put a vise grip on it until it could be replaced

 

well thanks guys I got it all fixed, it wasnt even the cable that broke the rivits holding the mechecnisim to the hood rusted out and ripped off so I just had to re-rivit it. Thanks for the help guys!