[Healeys] Fwd: Help with hood latch

[Richard Kahn]

There were suggestions on the British Car Forum regarding this very thing
within the last year (I think). It was resolved with out brute force. Check
their archives.
Rich Kahn

> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> From: warthodson at aol.com
> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:25:30 -0400
> Subject: [Healeys] Fwd: Help with hood latch
>
> I received the following message from a local club member. Can you suggest
> some solutions?
> Thanks,
> Gary Hodson
>
>
> Subject: Help with hood latch
>
>
>
>
> I was trying to adjust the hood latch on my BN1 and just as Roger Moment
warns
> about, I got the latch stuck shut and can't get it loose. The return spring
is
> off, also the spring around the latch pin is off. It is just the pin itself
is
> caught in the latch mechanism. I have been able to remove the bolts and
loosen
> the latch assembly from the fire wall. I might be able to get a
reciprocating
> saw blade between the hood and the shroud and saw the pin, but I am very
> worried about messing up the paint or worse. Has anyone else had this
problem
> and do you have any suggestion
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