[DeTomaso] Adjusting front hood latch

Mike Drew MikeLDrew at aol.com
Mon Sep 11 20:17:45 EDT 2017


Jim,

Matt offers excellent advice. Here is an excellent photo showing the primary and secondary cables both attached to the latch in the same place. The secondary cable goes through a small hole in the side of the sheet metal into the space above the pedals. 

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Here is a terrible photo of the other end of the cable. Inexplicably it had a loop in it?  This is looking directly up from the gas pedal. 

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This is very simple to do. Your car should have come with something like this from the factory?

Mike

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 11, 2017, at 15:19, Matt <nwpantera at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>   Jim whatever simple fix it turns out to be,make sure to also install a
>   backup.
>   In case the main stock cable breaks you want to have a secondary cable.
>   Attach another suitable cable where the main cable is connected and run
>   it through a hidden opening located on the drivers side corner just
>   below the seal. It will go into the wheel well where you can pull it to
>   open the hood, avoiding a potentially very bad situation.
>   Like Ken mentioned the last thing you want is the hood closed with no
>   way to open it.
>   Cheap insurance and if it ever breaks, you'll be very glad you did!
>   Good luck,
>   Matt
>   3584
> 
>   On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Jim Kosloskey
>   <[1]jim.kosloskey at jim-kosloskey.com> wrote:
> 
>     A  A All,
>     A  A The front hood latch is not latching.
>     A  A Almost looks like the latching mechanism needs adjusting but I
>     do not
>     A  A know how to adjust.
>     A  A It appears the pin on the hood is actually catching the upper
>     `tine' of
>     A  A the front `fork' of the latch. Either that or the back `fork'
>     is not
>     A  A opening up enough to allow the pin to slip behind it. Any way
>     that is
>     A  A my take.
>     A  A I have attached a picture of the latch in the open position. It
>     just
>     A  A does not seem right.
>     A  A Was working fine last time I opened the front hood about a
>     month ago.
>     A  A Are there directions for adjusting this latching mechanism
>     somewhere?
>     A  A Thanks,
>     A  A Jim Kosloskey
>     A  A 1974 Pantera L Yellow #6949
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