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s13speeddrft · 04-17-2005, 08:46 PM

Hey guys just another noob question to bother you guys with. The latch on my hood doesnt seem to want to lock it in all the way. Is it broken or does it just need an adjustment. If whatever how did you go about fixing it?

Stock-S13 · 04-18-2005, 12:50 AM

Hmm, soon after I crashed (one of the many) in the mountains, my hood latch started to act up. I managed to pop open the hood and adjust it and lube it (lethium greese) all without a Flashlight-- so specifics elude me, but i do recall adjusting so it would slide and lock, I used a screwdriver as a mock up. All your eally need to do is allow it to engage so perhaps cleaning it and removing any debri that is on the hinge itself, I believe the FSM has a step by step procedure that clarified it rather well, give that try... I think its in the BF section.

kingsol · 04-18-2005, 12:55 AM

you can also adjust the hood latch. there are 2 sets of bolts iirc, which you can play with that are under the latch.

2JZGTE · 04-18-2005, 08:26 AM

Yep, a little adjustment is allowed. I ended up cutting my stock hoodlatch out and installing hoodpins, mainly for weight and more cooling. I can understand not wanting to do that if you're around a lot of theft though.

Ian · 04-18-2005, 08:40 AM

you can get hood pins that open by key though!

2JZGTE · 04-18-2005, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mainevent212

you can get hood pins that open by key though!

Very true! I actually need to get some with locks. As of now my only security is a doberman

sr20drft · 04-24-2005, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2JZGTE

Very true! I actually need to get some with locks. As of now my only security is a doberman

a doberman actually fits in the engine bay?

my240iguanas · 04-24-2005, 07:53 PM

i broke my hoodlatch handle by the steering wheel , so me being a jackass i took off the fender lining and pulled the black plastic cord and fucked it up. now my hood doesnt close either

04-17-2005, 08:46 PM	#1
s13speeddrft Zilvia Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: orange county/ davis Age: 37 Posts: 235 Trader Rating: (1) Rides Gallery: s13speeddrft Feedback Score: 1 reviews	hood latch Hey guys just another noob question to bother you guys with. The latch on my hood doesnt seem to want to lock it in all the way. Is it broken or does it just need an adjustment. If whatever how did you go about fixing it?

04-18-2005, 12:55 AM	#3
kingsol Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Berkeley/San Francisco Posts: 1,435 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	you can also adjust the hood latch. there are 2 sets of bolts iirc, which you can play with that are under the latch. __________________ There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better for worse as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. -Emerson

04-18-2005, 08:26 AM	#4
2JZGTE Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Midwest Age: 43 Posts: 332 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Yep, a little adjustment is allowed. I ended up cutting my stock hoodlatch out and installing hoodpins, mainly for weight and more cooling. I can understand not wanting to do that if you're around a lot of theft though. __________________ R35 GT-R, R32 GT-R, Supra, S13, S14, FD3S

04-18-2005, 12:50 AM	#2
Stock-S13 BANNED Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: so. cal Age: 39 Posts: 306 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Hmm, soon after I crashed (one of the many) in the mountains, my hood latch started to act up. I managed to pop open the hood and adjust it and lube it (lethium greese) all without a Flashlight-- so specifics elude me, but i do recall adjusting so it would slide and lock, I used a screwdriver as a mock up. All your eally need to do is allow it to engage so perhaps cleaning it and removing any debri that is on the hinge itself, I believe the FSM has a step by step procedure that clarified it rather well, give that try... I think its in the BF section.

04-24-2005, 07:53 PM	#8
my240iguanas BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: CAli Posts: 125 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i broke my hoodlatch handle by the steering wheel , so me being a jackass i took off the fender lining and pulled the black plastic cord and fucked it up. now my hood doesnt close either