1997 US spec FZJ80 beater edition
Last had hood open 3 weeks ago and since then have drivin about 3,000 miles mostly highway junk speed (80mph).
Never a problem like this till now.
Last night while on the highway taking my son on a trip, doing about 70mph (only go faster when it's only me) all of a sudden, the hood just lifts up - caught by the catch thankd goodness. After I pull over, drop it, make sure it's latched, I go about 1/4 mile and it happens again. This was about 1hr into the trip, so it's not like someone just messed with my rig while in a john or something.
Then this am, it happened again, thankfully only once on our way home. Note that this did not happen while hitting a bump, no high crosswinds, smoothe section of highway here - I don't get it.
Anyone ever have anything like this happen? Only thing I could think of is when they dropped in the new block in the fall and had the hood off that maybe it was misaligned? Is that possible?
Since this is obviously a safety issue and I don't want it to happen again, when my son is in the truck, I'd like to fix it asap - but may just try to get it to a Dealer to get it done right - too costly to not get it done right.
Anyone ever experience this?
Any thoughts on fixing it? The cable is not stuck, and the hand release near the left foot is fine - not stuck.
Thanks
Last had hood open 3 weeks ago and since then have drivin about 3,000 miles mostly highway junk speed (80mph).
Never a problem like this till now.
Last night while on the highway taking my son on a trip, doing about 70mph (only go faster when it's only me) all of a sudden, the hood just lifts up - caught by the catch thankd goodness. After I pull over, drop it, make sure it's latched, I go about 1/4 mile and it happens again. This was about 1hr into the trip, so it's not like someone just messed with my rig while in a john or something.
Then this am, it happened again, thankfully only once on our way home. Note that this did not happen while hitting a bump, no high crosswinds, smoothe section of highway here - I don't get it.
Anyone ever have anything like this happen? Only thing I could think of is when they dropped in the new block in the fall and had the hood off that maybe it was misaligned? Is that possible?
Since this is obviously a safety issue and I don't want it to happen again, when my son is in the truck, I'd like to fix it asap - but may just try to get it to a Dealer to get it done right - too costly to not get it done right.
Anyone ever experience this?
Any thoughts on fixing it? The cable is not stuck, and the hand release near the left foot is fine - not stuck.
Thanks