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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 07:25 PM
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Default Hood help?

i have a 92 s model of the lude
My hood wont lock down to the hood latch
this is my second hood latch but i got it from a junk yard it seems fine
brand new oem hood

I dont want anything to happen to my motor can anyone help?
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 11:17 PM
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does it not even line up with the latch?
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 03:57 PM
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it lines up with it but it doesnt go in far enough to lock i guess
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 04:43 PM
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the latch is mounted with three bolts. loosen them up and move the latch up a little bit. then it should engage.
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 04:57 PM
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i'll try that tomorrow, thank you very much.
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 07:02 PM
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Huh, I suffer from the same thing. Just the 3 bolts and it goes up and lines back up? Is it from closing the hood to hard I wonder? I thought it was front/back alignment.
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Old Mar 27, 2009 | 03:45 AM
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you will have to play with it to get it lined up perfectly. you should never let the hood slam shut. just set it down and push it closed.
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Old Mar 27, 2009 | 09:44 AM
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Got it to lock

thank you bluedlude
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Old Apr 2, 2009 | 08:59 AM
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i had the same problem till i wrap the hook that goes into the latch with electrical tape

fixed the problem quite well really
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