Re: Dean's hoodlatch, and mine!

[Owen <renarac@domain.elided>]

I get some 3M penetrant and douche down the cable where it goes into the sheath
up by the hood latch. I also spray around on the inside of the cab. Spray
everything.
When done, I do the latch up with anti-sieze (the silver messy stuff!)

One word about the 3M penetrant. It is AWESOME stuff. Better than liquid
wrench, ATF, Diesel, Slick 50's spray lubricant, Marvel Mystery Oil, ect.
The stuff is SLICK. It needs to be shook before using, and has some kind of
graphite mixed into the fluid.

Owen Minor
Tacoma, WA

Paul Brakefield wrote:

> Dean Kellogg 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?
>
> Amen!!  I was thinking about this just yesterday.  Mine is still intact,
> but I picture it coming off in my hand every time I release the hood.
>
> If anyone has a solution, please post to the Digest, not just to Dean, as
> I'm sure several of us have this problem.
>
> Paul Brakefield
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>
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