On 18 May 96 at 14:54, Joe Hankins wrote:
> My tiger came with a set of awful NASCAR-type hood hold-down pins. I
> removed them, and managed to find an original latch mechanism. I
> installed it, carefully (I thought) lining everything up. I gently
> lowered the hood, pushed down equally gently, but it wouldn't latch.
>
> That wouldn't be such a bad problem, except that it won't release,
> either. So, I'm left with a couple of questions:
>
> 1. Has this happened to anybody else?
>
> 2. Is my best opetion to drive the car until it runs out of oil in
> order to make it worthwhile cutting through the hood?
>
> 3. What did I do to deserve this?
>
> Joe
Joe,
This happened to my brother"s MK II and he undid the latch pull knob
bracket under the dash and pulled the whole business back far enough to
release the hood pin. Then did some careful adjusting .
Rgds,
Ron
Bowdoin, Maine, USA
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