I am in serious trouble right now...I am in the middle of NH at a friends house in the middle of the woods witha '92 F-150 Pickup automatic custom w/towing pakage. The truck has been through 2 transmissions and transmission line leaks before..Its beena family vehicle since 92. I'm 20 and know this car but not repair wise...I beg of anyone who can help me by telling me how I can get the hood open and seal the transmission leak. Now the hood is what was the last problem to happen. After my own repairs i closed the hood and then fired it up...found another leak. Turned off the truck went to open the hood and the hood release handel came flying out along with 4' of cabling. I am guessing that the hood cable release is not broken. Hence Question 1 1) How cn i ge thte hood open with a broken hood release handel inside the car. Mix of Flat head screw drivers?
Next problem. The truck like I said has been through 2 transmissions and has lines leak. I am literally out in the middle of no where..all i have at my disposal are a few power tools, welding equipment, steel epoxy and apaer towles. There have been 2 leaks today. the first i solved by replacing a tubing that was connecting the outtake line from the fronbt transmission line, simple releasing of the fasteners and then pulling off the tubing and reattaching the new tube with fasteners. Job one done. Tested to see if it would hold, so turned on the truck..it held BUT the other side. the input line was spewing all over the place. I noticed it was just a the bolt at the top entrance section. Not more then a 1/8" was a small rusted divit that was spewing out the transmission fluid. I turned off the truck and started dryin the area...finally the coolant stop bleeding and dried...I sanded down the area and dried it again...had some quick steel expoxy, JB weld stuff...thought it could be a quick fix and hold. Already i knew there was not a chance a tube could cover the hole if i hacked off the line to attach it to AND cover the hole. So i tried the epoxy and then let it sit for an hour and a half. tested it. The truck began to leak AGAIN! it was flowing right over the top of the expoxy. So i kicked the bumper. I am out in the middle of NH with hardly any moey 'cept on credit, but more then 40 min from any gas station or garage. Clled my mechanic friend he told me to use a solvent spray that would dry the area free of film and oil. like brake fluid cleaner. Well all we had was electrical contact cleaner. Would do the same thing. So we clenaed and dried the line. Reapplied the epoxy and waited. #hrs this time...not more then 2 hrs ago i did all this. I started the turck hours later....it was fine...then leaked in 2 min and didnt stop! so turned off the truck and that was that...BUT it gets better. After i replaced the grill and closed that hood cause it was hailing/slash raining (even still now it is) i wanted to add more fluid for the transmission in case i really had to leave, i'd just add it as i drove along, stop now and then. Pulled on the handel for hood release and
*POOFS* out comes 4' of cabling! I am so wicked pissed at my truck. I have been stranded since 10am this morning. now its almost april 2d! I have school monday and work mon night....3 hrs from here! Sorry its asl ong read but I needed to put it all out there. If anyone can help me at all plz help! I have scowured the entire net looking for sheamatics and diagrams and my head hurts cause there is nothing. I cant even find a pic of the hood release. Plz HELP ME! aim would be the fastest thing to catch me on...look for anecwolf thats my aim s/n. Thanks for reading and any input.