::.. Hood doesn't open

[Qube]

That sounds better With my 'l33t' drawing skills using a trackball, let me show you...

Pink is the hood, heh... blue is the latch as I see it. Of course the gap isn't as big (see photo representation instead). So it's pulled forward as far as it can go, but will not open 'up' because it's caught like that.

[Bill R.]

latch is releasing. The mechanism up front has to pivot at the same time that it raises. When it does this then it moves the rear of the hood on the rollers up and out of the channel its in so you can then lift it up. AS others have already said if you can't lift it up then the front of the hood needs to raise up and pivot forward to draw the rear of the hood back, reach up and raise the front of the hood as far as you can and pull straight back on it while standing at the front of the car. Then go and lift the hood up at the rear.

That sounds better With my 'l33t' drawing skills using a trackball, let me show you...

Pink is the hood, heh... blue is the latch as I see it. Of course the gap isn't as big (see photo representation instead). So it's pulled forward as far as it can go, but will not open 'up' because it's caught like that.

[NovceGuru]

That sounds better With my 'l33t' drawing skills using a trackball, let me show you...

Pink is the hood, heh... blue is the latch as I see it. Of course the gap isn't as big (see photo representation instead). So it's pulled forward as far as it can go, but will not open 'up' because it's caught like that.

that drawing is HOT

NovceGuru

[Qube]

Bill, I swear, I can hear your frustration as you can hear mine It's something damn simple yet won't work. I've (two people together) have pulled up and forward on the hood as hard as we could and it's raised at the same angle as on my car, so it's my belief that part is right. One thing I did NOT check is to see what it looks like when my hood is raised and not opened... to see if the 'catch' in the channel looks the same (eg, same location). Maybe that part moved or is otherwise messed up.

What's related, but maybe not directly, is even when it's 'slammed' and confirmed closed, the hood release doesn't click. Regardless if it's pulled, so it seems, all one has to do is pull hard and the hood will move up and fowards. Anyway, I'll have a look again.

latch is releasing. The mechanism up front has to pivot at the same time that it raises. When it does this then it moves the rear of the hood on the rollers up and out of the channel its in so you can then lift it up. AS others have already said if you can't lift it up then the front of the hood needs to raise up and pivot forward to draw the rear of the hood back, reach up and raise the front of the hood as far as you can and pull straight back on it while standing at the front of the car. Then go and lift the hood up at the rear.

[saj3n]

might be a redundant question, but have you listened to see if it is actually "unlatching". Could it possibly be that the handle is not actually pulling the steel wire (i believe that's what it is, could be wrong) which unlatches the hood?

[Qube]

might be a redundant question, but have you listened to see if it is actually "unlatching". Could it possibly be that the handle is not actually pulling the steel wire (i believe that's what it is, could be wrong) which unlatches the hood?

We've listened carefully and there is no sound :| Now the key question is what exactly happens when you pull the latch? What is released where?

[Blitzkrieg Bob]

left, just above the headlight.

If the hood pops up, then it is working.

[saj3n]

We've listened carefully and there is no sound :| Now the key question is what exactly happens when you pull the latch? What is released where?

IMO there can be two issues, one, when you pull the handle inside the car, the bowden cable (see diagram) is no longer connected/broken, and not releasing the latch.



Or, there is a problem with the hood lock, #5 in diagram, where it may be seized, and not unlatching. This is where the hood is kept closed/latched.

[Qube]

Again, my apologies, but would these issues contribute to the picture above? I mean it's just that part by the windshield that seems to be keeping it shut like a stale clam. I just can't wrap my head around the fact that if all the parts by the windshield are stationary and the latch has no bearing on them at all, why is it stuck? I bet you it'll turn out to be something stupid (a la Bill R explaination) like the pivot being so rusted that it can only lift the hood up and not out. Okay, thanks guys. Once I get back to his car this weekend, I'll work on it.

EDIT actually, the rollers are sitting under that groove in part number 21 (second pic). I can't pull it to get it out from there. Anyway...

IMO there can be two issues, one, when you pull the handle inside the car, the bowden cable (see diagram) is no longer connected/broken, and not releasing the latch.



Or, there is a problem with the hood lock, #5 in diagram, where it may be seized, and not unlatching. This is where the hood is kept closed/latched.

[Mr Project]

Can you get it 'up' enough to reach the pivot pin bolts #28? If you could remove those, the front of the hood would be free from any mechanical connection to the body of the car (other than wiring and the washer hose). That might allow you to remove it and then see what's really going on in there.

I'm assuming through all this that since the hood can pop 'up', (2nd pic) #8 is popping out of the latch, #5. That should be visible with the hood popped up. As long as that #8 is wholly visible, you don't really have a latch or cable problem.