You may be able to reach from underneath the front and use something to push the cable near the hood release. The cable sounds like it broke from age and can be replaced.
SOURCE: Chaning right wheel bearing on 1999 Chevy Malibu
It is much easier, and cheaper to find a steering knuckle or "hub assembly" in a salvage yard.
To begin, jack up the car and remove the wheel. Be certain the car is stable and will not roll off jack(s)!
Remove the spindle nut. Remove the brake caliper (hang on a wire).
Remove the bolt for lower ball join. Remove the bolt that goes thru
strut. Now, pull assembly off while prying to ease pressure from the
lower control arm.
Depending on how many miles you have on the car, you might want
to head-off some future trouble by replacing the half-axle while you
have the front end disassembled.
SOURCE: 1999 chevy malibu
That engine does not have a timing belt, it has a timing chain and therefore much easier to work with as it can only go on a certain way, the primary focus being getting the dots on the timing chain sprockets lined up properly.
I believe, with the engine at Top Dead Center on cylinder #1, the dots will be facing each other. That is to say, the do on the cam sprocket will be facing the dot on the crank sprocket.
SOURCE: 1999 Chevy Malibu how many quarts of transmission fluid does it
12.9 Quarts of DEXRON®-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid
SOURCE: SET TIMING ON 2.4 TWIN CAM 1999 MALIBU
bring the piston no 1 on the top position check the cam shaft si moving freelyon the outer side of the shaft there are 2 gear with 14mm bolts and 1 extra whole, put a long bolt in the empty space and try to turnthe engine the bolt will go further in the space than the timming is set put the chain on that should do
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