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Old Feb 27, 2010 | 12:21 PM
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Hood not latching

What would cause the hood not to latch completely shut. My dad seems to think that a hook is missing from the underside of the hood itself, but IDK if there is even supposed to be a hook to latch onto. All I know is it used to latch and it recently quit, and I am not sure why. What do you guys think?
 
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Old Feb 27, 2010 | 06:49 PM
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clean and grease everything, dirt has gummed up the latch, and it won't close all the way and latch closed
 
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Old Feb 27, 2010 | 07:24 PM
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wd40 will loosen everything up, and also make sure when you pull on the release in the cab, to push it back in. When they get old they don't want to return and you have to help it.
 
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