YACT: Dammit! Fvcking hood latches

[EyeMWing]

I broke the one on the '88 GMC van. Boo.

 

Mine is right above the {H} on my Accord.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: jumpr
Mine is right above the {H} on my Accord.

edit: damn you

 

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: jumpr
Mine is right above the {H} on my Accord.

edit: damn you

 

[Twista]

 

[Toastedlightly]

bungie cords are your friend

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
bungie cords are your friend

It's an '88 GMC van. I can take a hood latch off any GMC or Chevy van from... 1970-1993, prettymuch. It's not exactly a rare part. But still a pain in the ass

 

[DrPizza]

Trust me on this one:
Make sure you get the repair right.

Nothing like the hood smashing into your windshield at 70mph.
If life were a motion picture being run at 30 frames per second, there would be no frame between the frame where the hood is down and the frame where the hood is smashed against the windshield.

Scared the crap out of me.

 

[myusername]

zip ties

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

The spot on the lid of my hood on my 89 Mustang broke a few years back. The metal was about 1/8-1/4" thick, yet it was worn through. The shop had to fabricate a new one.

 

I don't really like to fvck hood latches.
It chafes.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf
The spot on the lid of my hood on my 89 Mustang broke a few years back. The metal was about 1/8-1/4" thick, yet it was worn through. The shop had to fabricate a new one.

Well, this is the first hood latch, the one that you pull from inside the cab. Had to remove the line connected to it (one of those bike-brake type lines) to remove a few parts. When I went to reconnect it (and it usually goes back on just fine) I fvcking broke the clip that the line clips into clean off. So the latch technically still works, but if I were to close the hood with the latch in place, i'd never get it open again.

 

[MikeMike]

hmm, do you still use that old piece of shlt that is your main transportation to move your house around when the tax men come for you?

MIKE

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: SampSon
I don't really like to fvck hood latches.
It chafes.

lubrication+technique, my friend

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
hmm, do you still use that old piece of shlt that is your main transportation to move your house around when the tax men come for you?

MIKE

Dude, you suck at this. Seriously. "You broke your house?" would've been much funnier.