hood latch question - THANKS!

[no1of consequence]

THANKS ALL for the tips + info. the car [you don't all have my car memorised 
by now?!?!? =] is an 88 90 with h1/h4 euros and stock hood.


>What happened in my case is that the bar was releasing but the cone on the
>tip of the hood pin got lodged inside the SLOT that the bar sits in.  So
>even once the bar was moved, the hood still did not open.

thanks dave - nice description of the whole contraption.

i *think* this is where i am. my hood release lever + cable are all attached 
and ok, but pulling the release lever and trying to pull up on the hood i 
can feel it's caught on something. i think the hood pin groove is caught in 
the receptacle. this happened before when i was test fitting stuff, but i 
had the lights, grill, etc all out so no big deal. yes, sometimes you have 
to make the mistake 3 or 4 times before it sinks in..


>In
>your case you may have to remove the bumper to get to the bottom of the
>receptacles.

yeah, the bumper and the grill and i can get out easilly enuff. its the 
lights that im worried about. IIRC, having the lights out of the way would 
make this a lot easier? or is the receptacle behind the support metal, on 
the motor side of the world?


>Now, if this is not complicated enough, the right side of the rad support
>blocks access to the bottom of the receptacle due to its configuration.

pass side or drivers side? my pass side is the stuck side. drivers is ok.


In
>this case I took a die grinder and of the bottom of the receptacle
>sheetmetal form.  This allowed me to insert the mini pry bar and, well, 
>pry.
>The receptacles are made from twopieces of sheetmetal which are formed to
>produce a tube like area for the hood pins.  These are part of the vertical
>members of the rad support, again about 1 foot to either side of center.
>I think I covered everything.  It will make more sense when you get in 
>there
>and start poking around.


it always does. =)

THANKS ALL!!!
jim

>Good Luck,
>Dave K.
>'90 CQ
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "no1of consequence" <iin10ded at hotmail.com>
>To: <quattro at audifans.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 12:51 PM
>Subject: hood latch question
>
>
> > hey boys n girls..
> >
> > anyone have any tips / tricks on popping open a hood that is stuck shut?
> > Let's suppose the entire front of the car is assembled. I put my
>eurolights
> > in last night which required loosening and then retighten [and
>subsequently
> > realign] all of the hood / radiator supports. when i went to close the
>hood
> > i must have turned my brain off because i pushed it shut without 
>re-lining
> > up the left+right side catch's. Now the hood wont open. Oops. Needless 
>to
> > say i want to hack all of my fingers off with a rusty spoon.
> >
> > I tried gently prying under the hood with the latch held open but no 
>dice.
> > Anyone have a clue as to how the latch mechaniism actually grabs the 
>post?
>I
> > dont know what to reach for under the car to
> > pop/pull/yank/bend/molest/sever/etc.
> >
> > thanks,
> > jim
> >
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