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Hood tune up.

edpdx

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I've been fighting with the hood on my blazer since I got it. I pull the release and sometimes it 'pops', sometimes it wouldn't. I also noticed that the front edge of the hood seemed to be high like it was partially sprung. Just before hunting season, I was driving to the store and the hood looked sprung, as usual, but I thought it was par. At about 30 MPH in suburbia, my hood popped up and blinded me. I saw it begin to lift so I was able to stop before tearing up my hinges. Enough of that...

Looked in the TM- yes, I know :doh:... found the fix. Two screw bolts on the hood latch had worked their way loose and the adjustment was too high. I used a little loc-tite and screwed them down to the right height. While there I lubed the latch with White Lithium Spray and lubed the striker all around.

Now a pull of the latch and my adjusted hood springs free. Best of all there is no guessing that the hood is closed.
 

doghead

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Why did your externally operated safety latch not keep the hood from flying open?
 

edpdx

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Good question. Maybe it had something to do with the latch being to high? Or just a freak bump in the road that allowed the hook to slip past.:cookoo:

Why did your externally operated safety latch not keep the hood from flying open?
 
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