Capital DOH! I changed the latch mechanism on my '71 240. I test closed the hood, 1/2 way and the latch seemed fine. I lefty it barely bolted in, so that when latched it centered itself. Then, in an act of pure stupidity, I shut the hood all the way. The latch works great. Too well, in fact! No, I can't open it!!! HELP, how can I get my hood open? The cable just seems to be stuck:( I have pulled on it with all of my might, and it didn't budge... Any idea?

How about jacking up the car and putting it on jack stands. Slide under there with a flashlight and a long screw driver. Try to manually open the latch or hold the latch plate while a friend pulls the latch handle inside the car.

when the dealers had that problem they would put it on the lift and use a long extention and unscrew the latch from the hood.