Move south, out of the rust belt, to a more reasonable climate, buy / drive / fix rust free cars.... ------------- Max Charleston SC
On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 7:00 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > In the driveway tonight, I idly decided to check the oil in the > Element. Level was fine. > > Closing the hood, it would not latch. The release cable had jammed. I > tried to work it back and forth from inside the car but no luck. > > Removed the plastic shroud that covers the top of the gap between the > grille and radiator. This is half-a-dozen of those push-pin plastic > rivets. Of course one snaps off so now I need to find a replacement for > that. > > Three bolts hold the hood latch to the crossmember at the front of the > car. All are rusty. Two come out fairly easily, the third won't > budge. Hit the back side with PB Blaster and heated it a bit. Finally it > comes out. > > Clean the dried out grease in the hood latch with brake cleaner. Respray > with Lubriplate spray grease. Work some cable lube up the cable sheath > as best I can. I work the lever back and forth inside the car and it > seems to move freely. > > Put it all back together, and it's working again. Oil check complete. > > Allan > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
