opening the hood is a 2 person job

[dbarwick@sprynet.com (Diamond Dave)]

>=>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Marko Latrell
>=>Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 3:38 PM
>=>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>=>Subject: opening the hood is a 2 person job
>=>
>=>
>=>I cannot pop the hood alone. Someone has to push down on it while
>=>I release/move/jiggle the lever. This could lead to trouble if I am
alone.

You should examine the hood release mechanism closely. I had this trouble a
few years back and the piece that locks onto the hood pin (down through the
hole that the pin slides into) was bent slightly out of the way making it
difficult to "grab" the hood pin.

Hope this helps,
Diamond Dave
88 Scirocco http://scirocco16v.com/profiles/david_b.htm
84 Jetta GLI
Portland, OR