Hood cable broke. Here is what you can do!!

[burnouts&rotorblades]

Have you thought about what you would do if your hood cable broke. Check out the new video!!

https://youtu.be/3k21A6iX0ZU

[74_Vega_GT]

~ Great video, cute kid too, I never knew about the hood opening tool till now, good to know. In the video, near the end you spoke about the back pressure when opening the gas cap. It seems like all of the old Chevy's I've had always had back pressure when opening the gas cap. The 74 Nova, the 72 and the 73 Monte Carlos always did that so I thought it was normal. Granted, the tanks were usually on empty, and it is hot in Florida. Please explain how this back pressure is a problem.
~ Thanks for showing the return line setup for the tank and the cleaning method you used and the crumbling felt piece you referred to.

[chevyart]

nice tool. look on our search section. 3o or4 guys have made that tool and posted the pics of the tool and info on i in the past.. Astre GT was one of the guys. still a nice reminder by our new member as for the need of that tool. chevy art

[burnouts&rotorblades]

nice tool. look on our search section. 3o or4 guys have made that tool and posted the pics of the tool and info on i in the past.. Astre GT was one of the guys. still a nice reminder by our new member as for the need of that tool. chevy art

I make no claims to have come up with this stuff on my own. All I did was put it on video. The vast majority of what I do would not exist without the wealth of information available on forums like this and from the amazing people on sites like this. The hood latch cable and tool were no different.

More than that, If you look through my videos, there is a part I have ordered made by someone on the forums in nearly every video. I make sure to let everyone know about these selfless individuals who spend their time to make these awesome parts. I try to do my part by bringing attention back to the forums by mentioning them in my videos. Thank you to all those that have posted their experience and the information on this forum. And those fo you who keep it alive for the rest of us.

[chevyart]

hey burnout. i was not putting you down in any way. i even said it was good that you brought this up again. i have not seen mention of that tool for a long time. so your post was very informative to the many newbies we get on this site every year that may or may not ever of this tool. i watch all your videos. keep them coming. PS does anyone know of a coating to put on the tool so it dont scratch new paint. art

[burnouts&rotorblades]

I had someone comment on facebook to do some quality heat shrink around the parts that touch paint. Thoughts?

[chevyart]

heatshrink sounds like a great idea. maybe even double coat of heatshrink.

[chevyart]

hey burnout. PS your post on the tool is really excellent in that you give exact dimensions to make the tool. gonna make one this week. Art

[burnouts&rotorblades]

Thanks. I did get a little defensive in the earlier post. However, I also wanted to give a big thanks to everyone on the forum for the decades of collective information that everyone has shared on here. I'm just happy to be a part of it in some small way.

[Smiley]

If you dont have an extra shifter rod you can make the tool from 3/16" rod.