Tungsten Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 The latch that holds the hood down on my truck stopped responding to the cable. After spending about an hour thinking of creative ways to get the latch to open for the last time, the latch gave in and I was able to pop the hood open. After that I just unbolted the latch, took out the cable, and removed the latch assembly permanently. What I took out is rusted to crap and yes it was greased before anyone asks. I'm not even sure as to what failed but it doesn't work anymore. The cable does work though, it is not snapped anywhere. Now I have a few options: 1. Forget the latch and install hood pins - this is cool but at the same time an invitation for trouble 2. Go to a scrap yard and get another latch - economical but not reliable and may fail again the same way 3. Go to the dealer and buy a new latch - there is no guarantee of the dealer having one and they may charge a small fortune 4. Get an NPORA member to send me a decent working one - I hope I can trust NPORA people to not send me a ****** one Decisions... Opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nunya Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 #4 should be #1 or cut a hole in the hood with a torch and wrap a chain and padlock through it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoneZ Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 I have the same problem with my pathfinder, I did not remove the assembly though. I have found if i push down on the hood really hard by the latch then go pull the release it works. I still have not figured out what is causing the problem although I have not looked into it to hard as I have been thinking about dove nosing the pathfinder witch would lead to hood pins anyways. Don't use nunya's chain idea please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Yeah, post in the Parts Wanted and check out any parting out threads... B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 I have the same problem with my pathfinder, I did not remove the assembly though. I have found if i push down on the hood really hard by the latch then go pull the release it works. I still have not figured out what is causing the problem although I have not looked into it to hard as I have been thinking about dove nosing the pathfinder witch would lead to hood pins anyways. Don't use nunya's chain idea please. He was talking with Kyle for too long... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cachefinder Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 if you go to a u-pull-it type yard, you can see what you are getting first hand... I'd call the stealer just because I like to know how much jack I just saved not buying it there... I would also like to think you would do fine with a NPORA member but you have to add shipping to overall cost then (at least I would since I am a lone dot on the map for South Carolina LOL! Hood pins...really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nunya Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 He's been around Kyle too long 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 (edited) Well the hood pins may stop the hood from shaking for one and they are a much cheaper option. I'm not a big fan of them but they work if I can't get a working latch. I don't even care about drilling the hood as it has so many damn bumps and dents in it already from all the abuse it got. Edited June 4, 2011 by Tungsten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9sar Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 weld the damned thing shut. You don't need to get under the hood anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nunya Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 weld the damned thing shut. You don't need to get under the hood anymore someone else who has bee nevermind (and the chain joke was a derby/enduro thing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 Fixed it! I soaked the latch in Simple Green to get all the oily crud out and sprayed the assembly with white lithium grease and greased all the moving parts with chain oil. Just put the thing back in, aimed it using the factory traces, and it works like factory new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9sar Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 weld it anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewebster Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Yeah, I was thinking that chain and padlock thing would be good just for looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkorahil Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 3. Go to the dealer and buy a new latch - there is no guarantee of the dealer having one and they may charge a small fortune This part is still avaialble from Nissan. MSRP is $55.10 I an do it for $33.61 plus shipping if you are interested. PART NUMBER 65601-01G0A MALE LATCH, HOOD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Posted June 11, 2011 Author Share Posted June 11, 2011 cool i'll keep that in mind, it works well right now but when it fails i can use that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reshma Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 i kinda like hood pins..Then again, Ima city Slicker. What do you expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 the last place i would use hood pins is in a city anyone looking at those will think FREE BATTERY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I had hood pins on my hardbody for the reason you said to stop the hood from shaking but I kept the factory latch also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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