Hood release cable stretched

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jjf123
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Joined: Sat Mar 30, 2013 12:53 pm
Car: 1990 Nissan 240sx. SOHC.

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Hi anyone know where I can buy a new hood release cable? For an s13 1990
Hatchback. I've looked and it's around 45- 60 bucks but there's "dorman" brand ones which are like the autozone brand kind like duralast etc. I was wondering if it would work it's much cheaper like 15 bucks. Thanks for any input


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simmode1
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Ahhh man... I had that happen on my S14. A buddy of mine fixed it, but I have no idea how. I think he found the latch inside the front bumper & worked some of the slack out of it.

Hopefully this helps save you some money:
s13-hood-wont-open-t324659.html

jjf123
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Joined: Sat Mar 30, 2013 12:53 pm
Car: 1990 Nissan 240sx. SOHC.

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Yeah my hood opens and closes fine. Well not fine but it does it's Job it's the slack causing a hard to
Close hood sometimes. But the slack actually causes it to come out if the fender a little and it runs against the wheel and I see it ripping it lol I'm glad I caught it early so I can put some wire cover over t and clamp it to the top of my fender. But I still want to replace it with a new cable. Thanks for the input though


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