99 4door xj----So I searched through the forum and didnt find what I wanted to hear.

My hood opens sometimes, but when it doesnt, I have to get someone to push down on each side of the hood to get it open. I want to fix this problem before I can't open the hood.

I greased everything up, and it did help a bit. i checked out my 98XJ and everything looked the same except for the passenger side "spring" was not sitting straight. I was wondering how I can fix this spring to see if that is my problem.

 

I would replace the two springs and that should do it...TJ
PS you can try straightening them out and stretching them too...

 

its a bit cold out today,, but ill give it a try when it warms up and get back to you

 

Is your cable tight?

 

it does seem a bit loose,, is there a way to tighten it?

 

im not sure about the cable but you can adjust that spring by adding shims to it.

 

This is my reasoning for going to hood pins on my Cherokee. Summit racing like 10 bucks.

 

Plus.... Pins add street cred.