Marcus95xj

MY hood latch seems to be broke, how do i open my hood?

noob question i know but i cant freeking open it

Thanks

jd4x426

is it broke or stuck either way have some one try and lightly pry up on the hood while you pull the hood release maybe its just stuck and needs some oil

Marcus95xj

thanks man, going to try that right now

Jamie57

the "Wire" that goes between both hood latches is only spot welded together. I had one of mine let go on my 91. You can actually get your arm up there to pull on the wire rod. On the passenger side it's pull toward the centre of vehicle.
On the dirvers side it's PUSH away from the centre of the vehicle. and man is it a *****. I ended up using a crowbar to pry the hood up enough to get at the latch f%$Ked up my fender pretty good. Thats when I found out I was pulling instead of pushing!
After I got it open I fixed it by using some small cable clamps used on aircraft calbe to hold the rods together again. Works great now. Too bad the jeep is returning to it's base elements (rust!). Who says I don't recycle!

OverlandZJ

Pull the grill off and you should be able to get in there and release the latch.

Jamie57

ummm errr how do I put this nicely. You've never done this before have you?
There is no access to the latch mechanisms from behind the grill. Unless of course your going to take a sawzall to your rad.

OverlandZJ

umm err, no i havent. Thats what i get for repeating what i read online. Good thing you put it nicely, you could have come across as a tool...

So i got off my ***, walked out to my Jeep and saw that if i were to remove the headlights and buckets i could get access to the horizontal rods and pop the latches. Use a pair of 90* pliars should do the trick.

xjbones

lmao!!

kitsapfreerider

OA Torch??? Just take the hood off and let your engine breathe. who needs one anyway. oh and don't drive it stock in the rain.

Marcus95xj

haha im tempted to Push my jeep over its pissing me off, but more fun in the AM, then find where my oil leak is comming from