Finally driving again!
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Cruising
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From: Keller Texas
Finally driving again!
After one year of getting my high school flame back into shape I got to drive her to work today! wooohooo
I parked in the "classic" portion of the work lot along with a nice 68? Cougar.
As I was showing the car to a friend I went to open the hood and the latch stuck. haha Figures.... another adventure there I guess. It was a bit awkward but oh well. heh
Anyway it feels good to be on the road again. I think I smiled once or twice despite the anxiety of waiting for something to go wrong. She ran great and even got a few waves.
I'm off to search the threads on unsticking hood latches.
Eric
I parked in the "classic" portion of the work lot along with a nice 68? Cougar.
As I was showing the car to a friend I went to open the hood and the latch stuck. haha Figures.... another adventure there I guess. It was a bit awkward but oh well. heh
Anyway it feels good to be on the road again. I think I smiled once or twice despite the anxiety of waiting for something to go wrong. She ran great and even got a few waves.
I'm off to search the threads on unsticking hood latches.
Eric
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Cruising
Joined: May 2015
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From: Keller Texas
Thanks 'gunner! The left hood latch cable mount broke so I was able to secure it from the outside and pop open the right side. After reading multiple advice posts on the subject of hood latches I am glad it was so easy.
Although after further inspection, at least on my 78, there appears to be two access holes in the wiper compartment for just such an event. I have a pop out plug on both sides that would make an emergency hood latch access relatively simple. if you studied the latch a bit first to learn how to disengage it from that position it should be fairly straight forward.
Less worried now about that happening again in the future.
Eric
Although after further inspection, at least on my 78, there appears to be two access holes in the wiper compartment for just such an event. I have a pop out plug on both sides that would make an emergency hood latch access relatively simple. if you studied the latch a bit first to learn how to disengage it from that position it should be fairly straight forward.
Less worried now about that happening again in the future.
Eric
