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C3 Corvette Tips and Tricks - Body - Hood Release - Preventive Maintenance

Discover expert tips and tricks tailored specifically to your C3 Corvette, covering maintenance secrets, performance modifications, and insider knowledge.

If you're like most C3 Corvette Owners, you love to learn new things about your car. You want to know how to do things that you never knew you could do, or how to do things better than you already do them. You want to know how to fix problems that you may have with your car, or how to prevent problems from happening in the first place.


We have compiled a list of member-submitted C3 Corvette Tips and Tricks that will help you do just that.


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NOTE since our Tips and Tricks are provided by Vette Registry members, they are not guaranteed to be accurate or correct. Use at your own risk.
Hood Release - Preventive Maintenance
Submitted by: FLA VETTE
Here is one you may want to check on your vette. I noticed that my hood release cross over cable looked at bit loose and was starting to fray a little. The cable has an adjustment on the drivers side but mine was on the last opening. Figured that this would be just another thing to add to the list to get to someday.

Well, you guessed it, I went to open my hood and only the driver's side released. I could not get the pass side to release. Not sure if the cable had broken or finally overstretched. I could not reach under the drivers' side far enough to see or reach the cable area. I was starting to think I might have to go through a wheel well to get to it...

After much yelling,pulling on the hood,and jerking the hood release cable in and out, I got lucky and the right side released. It was stretched not broken. I got a new crossover cable from Ecklers.It was a 5 min installation and adjusted up fine. This is an easy PM and may save you a major headache.

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