before spending good money at the $tealer's, spray the latch and associated
mechanism, including the hood end of the cable, with a good lubricant

I use 'PB Blaster' penetrating oil to free things up, followed by a mix of
ATF and engine oil

if the vehicle has not been 'dinged' in an accident, just loosen the bolts
on either side of the hood and adjust for equal amounts of space between
hood and fenders, and make sure the fore-aft alignment is right by sighting
the front corners to the fenders

9 out of 10 times, this will fix it


"Jake" > wrote in message
...
>
> your hood is out of alignment.
> have a dealer re adjust it. I had the same problem.
>
> it works great now...
>
> On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 04:36:54 -0500, "Spiderman"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >"Rufus T. Firefly" > wrote in message
> ink.net...
> >>A common problem is the cable moves when you pull the handle but the
hood
> >> doesn't pop up. I couldn't determine by the post if that was your
problem
> >> or the cable was actually stuck. But for anyone who has a cable that
> >> pulls
> >> ok and the hood still won't pop up this will help...... The actual
> >> problem
> >> is with the hood hinges. Use a penetrating lubricant on all the hinge
> >> pivot
> >> pins and work the hood up and down several times while you spray the
pins
> >> until it works easily. Once you have it freed up and working correctly
a
> >> few drops of oil on the hinge pivots occasionally will keep it working
> >> nicely. The dumb little spring that pops the hood up when you pull on
the
> >> cable doesn't have enough force to overcome stiff hinges, especially on
a
> >> long, heavy hood.
> >
> >
> >My problem was as you described (you pull the handle but the hood doesn't
> >pop up). I lubed up the spring and latch assembly and that seems to have
> >helped...the hood always releases now although sometimes it pops up very
> >weakly (but at least its not "stuck"). It didn't even occur to me to lube
> >hood hinges but it certainly makes sense that gummed up hinges would add
to
> >the apparent weight on the spring. Thanks.
> >
>