Hood support cable....

[H2 Bill]

You should check your hood support cables and see if they have the black rubber coating on them, because if they do it will most likely be rusted under the coating! I opened my hood the other day and one of the cables broke, luckily the other didn't or the hood would have been on the ground. The replacement cable doesn't have the black rubber on it so the rubber won't retain the moisture thereby rusting the cable. It literally turned to powder. Just a heads up. I don't know if all of the years have them, mine is an early '03 VIN 913.

[H2 Bill]

You should check your hood support cables and see if they have the black rubber coating on them, because if they do it will most likely be rusted under the coating! I opened my hood the other day and one of the cables broke, luckily the other didn't or the hood would have been on the ground. The replacement cable doesn't have the black rubber on it so the rubber won't retain the moisture thereby rusting the cable. It literally turned to powder. Just a heads up. I don't know if all of the years have them, mine is an early '03 VIN 913.

[Hum2]

There has been a post on this recently...I had mine looked at by the dealer, they said they were OK...but as I looked at them, one had white powder all over one end...no "rust". Definitely water trapped in the rubber tube causing it to degrade. I will have a relook to see if it may be on it's way out!

Ric

[H2 Bill]

Sorry, I didn't realize this was a re-post..I must have missed the original.

[FiremanJay]

I just checked mine and as luck would have it it broke in half.
Does any body have the rplacement part number for that unit
Thanks
Jay

[H2 Bill]

firemanjay, sorry I don't have the number but I'm sure that partsguy or someone else will be able to help. Be sure that you replace both when you order them.

[JamesT]

take it to the dealer and they SHOULD repalce them at no charge...they did mine.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by firemanjay:
I just checked mine and as luck would have it it broke in half.
Does any body have the rplacement part number for that unit
Thanks
Jay </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

[1BADH2]

Replaced mine twice then I had some stainless made and no more problems. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Spike]

I just picked up mine this morning. The new ones don't have the rubber coating on the cable and they don't come in pairs, you have to get 2 of them seperately.