Hi,

I have a 67 mustang coupe and i am having a bit of trouble with my hood not staying closed properly.

It occasionally pops enough to only be held by the hook and often has to be messed-with/slammed quite a bit to get it to stay latched.

i have attached a pic of the latch. i am wondering if there is supposed to be a spring or something in the hole i have the arrow pointing to?

I know the latch is in the closed position but thatis the best way to view the little hole.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Gary

 

Yeah you're missing a spring. I drew a little line where it should go up but you'll have to get a flash light to see the other hole where it hooks.



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Yeah Gary, that spring allows your hood latch to open and close. You can get one from any Mustang supply place. Here is what it looks like installed.


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Thank very much guys, will see if i can find one down here in oz.

Gary

 

maybe look into a new latch. i think they are very cheap. would look nicer and perform better.......

 

Gary...had the same problem on my 67 coupe. I took it off the whole latch, cleaned it up, painted it, lithum greased it, and found a spring at the hardware store which works just fine. Just enough tension to pull the hook part over to open the hood.

 

Yeah, if you are in OZ, ordering a spring from a US Mustang place would be silly. Look at the pic of the spring I gave you and just go to a hardware store in OZ and stick that sucker on there.

 

Thanks again guys. Shifty, definately plan on a new replacement, just needed a quick repair of the old one until i go shopping

 

well i got a brand new hood latch that i bought from cjpony cuz it was on sale, but i am just going to use my old one since it is fine. I'd sell it to ya for what i paid plus the shipping costs.... that is if that is not against the forum rules.....