Re: Hood latch problems

[Daniel Youngquist <dany@domain.elided>]

On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Dean L. Kellogg, Jr wrote:

> I have been fighting with the hood release mechanism on my 1980 Scout
> II for quite some time.  It is so hard to release that I have pulled
> the knob off and now must grab the remaining stub with vice-grips.  I
> spent the weekend trying to realign the hood and latch
> mechanisms...all to no avail.  It seems that the spring on the latch
> mechanism is "overly strong".  Does anyone have suggestions on how to
> attack this problem? 

At the risk of stating the obvious, a little lubrication helped mine
immensely. 

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