JensenHealey
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Today I jacked up the front driver's corner of the 1988 convertible today and detached the back edge of the inner fender liner so I could look for a the rubber plug another member here told me about. There was a rubber plug and I attempted to pull it out but instead it popped back up into the cavity. I reached into this hole with my finger and felt around but I don't feel anything that seems to be anything resembling a hood latch. So using the camera on my phone I took these photos. Can anyone see if anything in these photos would seem to be part of a hood latch? Two photos are where I aimed my camera lens up into the hole and the third photo is a photo of that area from inside the fender.
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Also The cable is not pulled out. Pulling the handle under the dash does not really seem to do anything. It doesn't move when pulled.
If I had to guess I would say if there is an inner cable inside an outer cable that there might be corrosion between the two thus preventing the inner cable from doing anything under the hood. Or the latch mechanisms are just frozen with rust or corrosion.
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BTW, on the 1989 coupe with the stuck driver's door, the passenger's door does open so I can get into the car.
I had to get a key made at a local locksmith for both cars since they did not come with keys.
Thanks for the suggestions so far.
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I just recently bought a dark grey 1988 LSC Coupe and a 1988 Convertible and both cars were stored outside uncovered for a long time.
I am not able to open the hood on either car and on the LSC Coupe the driver's door is stuck closed.
Anyone have any suggestions about how to get the hoods open on either car or what might be wrong with the driver's door on the coupe?
Is it possible to reach the hood latches from underneath the cars if I jack them up and crawl under there?
On the driver's door problem with the LSC Coupe is it possible to remove the inner door panel trim panel if the door is stuck closed so I can try to reach the latch mechanism inside the door?
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Steve in NE Ohio
Any and all suggestions would be most welcome.
Just bought a 1988 LSC Coupe and 1988 Convertible and cannot open hood on either car (added photos)
in 1984-91 Avanti
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Wow! Lots of replies. Thanks for the interest and information from everyone here.
I tried on the 1988 convertible today to reach up into the holes under the fenderwells to release the latches with a phillips screwdriver as suggested by silverstude but I did not have any luck with this. I have a friend coming over tomorrow afternoon and we are going to try some different things. I appreciate all of the excellent information. I bet the 1989 Coupe has the single latch assembly. I will have to crawl under the dash to see if I can find the hole for that. Unfortunately on that 1989 Coupe the driver's door also does not open so crawling under the driver's side of the dash will be even more difficult.