Hood latch jammed

[averagef250]

The newer hinges on everything are pretty cheezy. A couple friends and I have a communal 1977 F-250 4x4 wood truck. I stuffed an EFI six in it a few months back and it's one of the best running old trucks you'd ever drive which is the only thing saving it from scrap for the past decade. It's not too rusty, but there isn't a straight piece of metal on the truck. It's been rolled, it took a telephone pole at 40 MPH, it gets scraped along trees and rocks all the time and hauled more firewood than you could shake a stick at.

Needless to say, there is no real lining up of the hood anymore. I spent half a day last weekend with a friend trying to get the hood latch to open without the use of a sledge and crowbar. Took a bunch of oil, precise hammering and tons of patience, but we eventually got it. Guess my point is these darned latches can be more tricky than a guy'd suspect once the trucks they're on get tweaked a bit.