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How do you open the hood on a 1985 Buick Riviera with a busted cable at the latch end?
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coat hanger bend one end ell shape crawl under front of car drivers side & start fishing for the lever could take a long time took me about 30 minutes, you just have to keep bending the hanger & fishing.
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