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But why has the video been taken down before I could even notice it was there? I only noticed that, for a Friday, I was missing something – ETCG…
[quote=”SeegalGalguntijak” post=153500]But why has the video been taken down before I could even notice it was there? I only noticed that, for a Friday, I was missing something – ETCG…[/quote]
Fixed now. There were issues with the original upload.
Fantastic work Eric on getting the Contour (nearly) back to ship shape. Hopefully, Jeff will have many good years of service out of that car. Honestly with you being in the salt belt, I’m surprised I don’t see massive amounts of rust on the cars.
How do you open the hood when the hood latch cable has snapped?
i´m having that problem with my ford transit of same age, and i know that
the contour and transit share parts, even if its a van 🙂
there is no advice in the service manual 🙁[quote=”fordtransit” post=153583]How do you open the hood when the hood latch cable has snapped?
i´m having that problem with my ford transit of same age, and i know that
the contour and transit share parts, even if its a van 🙂
there is no advice in the service manual :([/quote]I had to unmount the hood latch assembly from the body. That’s the reason the grill was broken off the rest of the way. It was already partly broken when it showed up BTW.
In the future you can post your repair questions to the Service and Repair thread.
was awesome to see the zipties used in the exact shadetree way i use them. I heart fix it forward for money saving tips like that. Why go to the wrecker when you got zipties!!!!
This video left me with a question, and I’m sure probably many others know, I could also just google I suppose, but I’m here and maybe someone else may wonder as well.
In the first video you took off the grill to access the hood latch because without the battery/starting, it wouldn’t open. If the whole latch assembly as seen fixed here is mechanical and cable driven, how does power factor into it opening or not opening?
[quote=”Xander” post=179024]This video left me with a question, and I’m sure probably many others know, I could also just google I suppose, but I’m here and maybe someone else may wonder as well.
In the first video you took off the grill to access the hood latch because without the battery/starting, it wouldn’t open. If the whole latch assembly as seen fixed here is mechanical and cable driven, how does power factor into it opening or not opening?[/quote]
I’m not sure what you mean. The hood cable doesn’t need any power to operate. I think I was referring to starting the car in the first place. I couldn’t get the hood open and it didn’t have any power. Therefore it was difficult to get on and off the tow truck.
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