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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 05:14 PM
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hood stuck shut fix

My wife's girlfriend's '95 f-150 hood was stuck closed. I reached through the grill with a 1/4" drive ten mm socket and loosened the two bolts holding the latch to the radiator support. Then used a stubby 10 mm wrench, then my fingers to finally remove the bolts. The hood then popped open enough to remove the latch from the hood. Replaced latch to rad support and centered to the hole in the hood. Problem fixed!!!
 
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Old Sep 4, 2009 | 04:58 AM
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Thats cool.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2009 | 03:40 PM
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I've made up a specialty bent screwdriver to pull the latch for such an occasion.

What happened? Cable snap/seize?
 
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