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85 Hood driver side I have to pull the opener and push down on a corner for it to pop up anybody know of an adjustment I can make I have the safety wires hooked into the same thing if I use that only on the driver side and I get this
Be sure your "dagger pins" in the hood are centered in the latches when you close the hood. Look for marks in the cone of the latch where the pin may be dragging on the surface of the cone. Put some white grease on the tapered area of the dagger pin and see if it transfers to the cone.
This is easier if you block the latch open during this test.
Before you make any further adjustments I'd be installing the emergency hood release cables. Search it. Your adjustment ends up being too tight and...
Originally Posted by Hot Rod Roy
This is easier if you block the latch open during this test.
If you block the latch open before you do any adjustments, your latch can't jamb closed, and the emergency cables won't do anything for you. During this test, you don't need to push the latch totally closed. Lower the hood enough to see that the "dagger pin" does not touch the latch cone. Only the spring loaded ring around the dagger pin should touch the cone, like my photo shows.
85 Hood driver side I have to pull the opener and push down on a corner for it to pop up anybody know of an adjustment I can make I have the safety wires hooked into the same thing if I use that only on the driver side and I get this
looks he already has safety wires. sry didnt see that.
i bought a ginormus crescent wrench off kijiji for this job.
I bought a ginormus crescent wrench off kijiji for this job.
You only need the big wrench if the length of the dagger pin is wrong. There should be a little bit of play when you push down on the corner of the closed hood. This play can also be adjusted with the rubber stop at the back of the latch.
The position of the dagger pin is adjusted with the three bolts in the mounting plate. Mark the position of the mounting plate before you loosen the bolts.
My experience, same symptoms, tried various fixes, nothing worked well.
Until the hood release cables were replaced.
Worked like a charm from then on.
JRC, did you find that the latches weren't opening all the way when you pulled the latch release handle? Were your cables stretched or worn so much that adjusting the cable ends at the latches still wouldn't pull the latches all the way open?
That would be a good test to prevent the dreaded "stuck hood" problem! If your latches are being pulled all the way open with your latch release handle, the DIY "emergency release cables" won't do anything better than that!
85 good push down to open
