Hood release broken?

[Wanderer]

It was one of those DOH! moments. I had just lubed the hood latch on my 2006 Chev 2500 because the pull in the cab wasn't popping it open all the time. It worked fine right after and in the warm shop. Well the first time trying to pop it open in COLD weather it bound up again so I pulled harder out of frustration and it popped but not in the good way. The hood didn't release and the cable went slack.

I just got done pulling most of it out but found the cable pulls back and forth through the shield easily and seems to be in one piece. What broke? Was ready to get a new cable but that doesn't seem to be the problem. I put it all back together again and can release the hood if I pull the cable with pliers but it's still too slack to work with pull lever in the cab.

Any ideas?

[Macgyver55]

You probably broke the cable retainer at one end or the other. That allows the cable housing to move rather than the cable inside. Check both ends where the cable mounts, if both are ok than the crimped little knob on the end of the cable may have slipped on the cable.

[Wanderer]

Yah, Bud, all that seems OK which makes it weird. I'll look it over again to see what I'm missing. The only part of the cable I can't see is where its routed behind the parking brake.

Thanks for the input.