Passenger hood latch: Funky Action!

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Dec 4, 2001 | 06:07 PM

porterdog

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Passenger hood latch: Funky Action!

I just bought this car, lol ('86 4kcsq). When I first checked it out, the hood opened fine; that was about 4 weeks ago. Closed the deal last night. Again, hood opened fine. Got to the gas station and.... hood was reluctant. Got it open, checked the oil, closed it. Today I wanted to show off 'my weird motor' but I couldn't get it open. Drag!

Messed with it tonight, got it open, and found the following: Cable is newish. Driver side latch works fine. Pass side catch pin only moves a little bit. Thinking that there was just a little play in the system, I messed with the little cylinder that grabs the end of the cable but got nowhere. It's like there is play in the pivot that the catch pin turns on... I can reef on the lever and the pass pin barely moves. Anyone had this apart? Got any suggestions? I took the pin off the hood on that side as a temporary measure (c'mon, it's a beater!) but I don't want to leave it like that...

Thanks!
Robert

Dec 4, 2001 | 08:09 PM

Chris in VA

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Re: Passenger hood latch: Funky Action!

Have you tried lubing it? That's a tough one...

Dec 5, 2001 | 01:26 PM

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Lubed.

Do you know what the latch mech looks like behind the headlight? I'm gonna take it apart tonight and see. It was apparently a problem once before; I saw in the service records it had been 'bent' and then 'bent back' by a local ripoff garage.

Robert