wapanzica Posted January 13, 2017 Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 I need a photo of the hood latch from a Mustang based 2006 or 2007. Mine had broken off and I cant remember if the long leg of the latch goes to the front or the back. Also what have you done to make this latch stronger? It seems to be a common problem of this latch breaking. Thanks for any help. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Atkin Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 The long end goes to the back of the car. I believe the latch itself is plenty strong. Maybe yours had bad welds and with better weld beads it will be just fine. I did find the lock part that is mounted on the firewall to not be very secure so I added fender washers on both sides of the firewall which gave the lock more contact area with the firewall and is now very secure. Also the lock had such a strong spring inside of it, it required a lot of force pushing down on the hood to engage it so I replaced it with a lighter spring found at Menards in their spring assortment drawers. This had the added benefit of releasing the hood much easier. With the old spring I was afraid the release cable would break as you had to pull on it so hard. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapanzica Posted January 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 Yes it does and THANK YOU. Hope you will make it to South Bend for the International so I can thank you in person. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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