I popped the hood accidentally. I went to close it and it will not close completely. The only thing that is keeping it down is the latch. How do I make a adjustment on the mechanism to fix it?
First thing to do would be to lubricate it well & work it with a screwdriver or similar, as well as cable where its attached to mechanism, it may not have snapped back to latch position yet.
Does the latch part catch & hold if you use a screwdriver as your hood catch?
Try adjusting bumper stops down on either side of rad support or on fenders.
Does the latch have the 2 bolts, 1 on either side that you can loosen and move latch upward slightly until it catches properly. Something doesn't seem right that you should have to do all of this just because of popping hood once. It worked fine before that correct? Your 100% sure something isn't bent, & release at latch itself is all the way back where it should be right?
Great, make sure they (bolts) are tight & hood doesn't bounce up & down when you push on it, otherwise adjust bumpers to eliminate that. there should be a happy medium where hood is down good & aligns with fender too.
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I have already done this. Is there another adjustment I can make?
yes it does. I just did that and stayed down. I released it from the release inside the car. Still wont close!
still does not work. I put them all the way up, and all the way down.They were in the middle. What next?!!
It did have 2 bolts. I raised them up and now it works. Thanks for your help
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