dam i was pulling out my a/c fan and tht cross piece where the hood latches. i put everthing back the way its supposed to be.now it will not close...wtf is wrong!!

some please help i need to drive it...is it safe to drive with it not fully shut

 

if it latches - but doesn't close completely - bungee cord it and drive SLOW!
if it doesn't latch at all - chain it shut.

 

haha..anyone esle got a better idea

 

why isint it closing, is it even lining up with the hole?

 

do you hear any latching at all? And did you move the latch at all when you did it?

 

take off the hood

 

na..i put everthing back stock...is there some adjustment i need to make??

 

 

Try adjusting the spring on the Hood. It is a flat head adjust it outwards and that might help. Dont go too far out or it will not shut just keep adjusting it and eventually it will work. But I dont understand why it is not closing corectly. Is the hood latch cable messed up or twisted anywhere? Try adjusting the 4 bolts that hold on the crossmember with the latch on it. Hopefully this will help!

_Brandon_

 

dude look to see what its hitting, if it isnt closing its because its hitting something. diagnose it, there is no way anyone could figure out why your hoods not closing being as vague as you are. Is it hitting anything? is it latching? does it line up? any lines in the way?

 

it lines uup and is not hitting anything!
it only latches to the point where u just lift up the lever and can open it again..
it just wont lock.

i tried to loosen the flat head thing but its tooo tight..should i loosen the 12mm bolt the unscrew it some??

 

Yes try to get that thing loose this will give you that extra lenght needed to make it latch completey. Try spraying WD-40 on it and let it soak and try lossening it.

 

ok I had the same problem, On the hood the pointy latch that goes into the base can be adjusted. there should be a cut in the middle of the point and take a screwdriver and turn the point back and forth to make it longer or shorter which ever way to make it shut.

the point also has a spring on it so you can locate it better.

see what happens

 

whatever you do, if you cant get it to where the spring locks into the hole, just secure the hood down with bungees or something , cause i had my hood fly up on me just a week ago, and it shattered my front window, going 80, and it was freaky, but it was my fault, cause i switched from my bungee cords, to some rubbery strap, which was too flexible to hold it, and the wind caught it, and SMACK!

but my problem is that the spring (top peice) is about 1/2" off from the hole on the bottom, but if your hole lines up with the spring thing, just play around with the bottom or top latch pieces, by loosening and moving around, and re-tightening them until it fits.

 

hood pins?

 

ok i adjusted it..

 

So I guess this fixed it???

 

yup

 

YaY \ /