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      03-15-2016, 05:31 PM   #33
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Originally Posted by PawlyGuNNz View Post
Stick long flat head screwdriver through kidney grill or remove kidney grill on drivers side, you will see the spring mechanism, inbetween that is the latch that catches when you drop the hood down you have to push it to the right which will pop the hood

push it to the right = push it towards the drivers side? my mechanism doesn't move hardly at all.

looking at through the drivers side grill i see this little catch

so I need to move the bottom of the catch to the right or the top of the catch to the right? it looks like it wold rotate clockwise to me.



figured it out...but will actually share -
shove the screwdriver where the red arrow is. I had a large screwdriver and did not have to pull the grill. if you push that piece far enough to the LEFT (passenger side of car) the latch at the green arrow will rotate right (clockwise, towards driver).

random net picture that shows the latch mechanism.
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