Magicman
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M4900 Utility Special 4WD e/w FEL & 1530 John Deere "Traveling Man"
I went out this afternoon to take a look at my fuel injector wetness "problem" and the hood unlatching rod was disconnected from the latching mechanism.
Da wigglin' pin had come outta da wobblin' hole!
With the hood latched and no way to unlatch it, I was in a sorta situation. I didn't want to poke a hole in the grill mesh so I thought about the headlights. I removed both of them and gained the only access that was available. It was still too tight to reach in and unlatch the fastener so I proceeded to remove the U bolt that the fastener attaches to. Tight squeeze but I managed and with the two nuts removed from the U bolt the hood how opened. Yeah!
Reinstalled the latch rod into the latch, reattached the U bolt, headlights back into place and I now have a latching and unlatching hood again. What caused it? I think slamming the hood shut which is what I did last. Now it will be lowering the hood and turning the Mascot (hood latch /handle/knob) to unlatch and latch the hood.
The injector wetness will wait until another day.
Da wigglin' pin had come outta da wobblin' hole!
With the hood latched and no way to unlatch it, I was in a sorta situation. I didn't want to poke a hole in the grill mesh so I thought about the headlights. I removed both of them and gained the only access that was available. It was still too tight to reach in and unlatch the fastener so I proceeded to remove the U bolt that the fastener attaches to. Tight squeeze but I managed and with the two nuts removed from the U bolt the hood how opened. Yeah!
Reinstalled the latch rod into the latch, reattached the U bolt, headlights back into place and I now have a latching and unlatching hood again. What caused it? I think slamming the hood shut which is what I did last. Now it will be lowering the hood and turning the Mascot (hood latch /handle/knob) to unlatch and latch the hood.
The injector wetness will wait until another day.
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