Has anyone tried another option to the unreliable Volvo hood latch system? I feel like these parts are aging and deteriorating at this point. The last few junkyard ones I've seen are brittle at the little latch arm...
Anybody figured out how to do AeroCatches or Hood Pins? I'm tired of working on them......
Volvo Hood Latches
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Cookeh
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There are lots of posts regarding failsafes for getting hoods open with failures. Have a search, you'll find a good number of options.
Hood-pins can be installed on any vehicle though, and the slam panel would be perfect for a mounting location. Or one could easily fab a small bracket from the little pads that the hood rests on.
Hood-pins can be installed on any vehicle though, and the slam panel would be perfect for a mounting location. Or one could easily fab a small bracket from the little pads that the hood rests on.
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Sveedy
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I have also been worried about this, so I looked at the lever on the drivers side latch and thought it should be reachable from underneath.
I was able to lay on the ground and, knowing where that lever was, simply put my arm up there and feel the lever and trip it.
Stupid easy.
I was able to lay on the ground and, knowing where that lever was, simply put my arm up there and feel the lever and trip it.
Stupid easy.
Try to learn life's bad lessons vicariously through others.
1996 850 Turbo GLH ( Goes Like Hell )
1999 V70 GLT
1996 850 Turbo GLH ( Goes Like Hell )
1999 V70 GLT
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Clemens
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look at this thread for example:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=92045
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=92045
1996 855 R,
black on black, M56 swapped, Quaife, TME 2.5 exhaust, 17 inch Volants
2010 V70 D5,
Saville Gray on tan leather, 18 inch Odysseus
black on black, M56 swapped, Quaife, TME 2.5 exhaust, 17 inch Volants
2010 V70 D5,
Saville Gray on tan leather, 18 inch Odysseus
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erikv11
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The forums show plenty of reports of bad cables, but basically nothing regarding a latch going bad and leaving someone with a hood stuck closed. The latches themselves last well.
'95 854 T-5R, Motronic 4.4, 185k
'98 V70, T5 tune-injectors-turbo, LPT engine, 304k, daily driver
'06 S60 R, 201k
'07 XC70, black, 205k
'07 XC70, willow green, 223k
gone: '96 NA 850 210k, '98 NA V70 182k, '98 S70 NA 225k, '96 855 NA 169k
'98 V70, T5 tune-injectors-turbo, LPT engine, 304k, daily driver
'06 S60 R, 201k
'07 XC70, black, 205k
'07 XC70, willow green, 223k
gone: '96 NA 850 210k, '98 NA V70 182k, '98 S70 NA 225k, '96 855 NA 169k
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