I am renting a x-type and was curious to how the engine looked
and all that jazz.

Well I cant get the hood to latch down. Even with a lot of momentum.
They will come to get it soon, so I am in a bit of a jam.

Anything to try? More force?

Thanks,
Jon

 

At this point I have used all me force on the hood it wont latch shut.
I WD40'd the latches.I pulled and wiggled the lever in thecabin.
Nothing is helping.I was gentle when I first opened it, I hope my
innocent curiousity wont cost me a repair bill. Any kind offurther wisedom
would be much appreciated.

 

I got this car while land rover was fixing the family car. I would like nothing more for them not to notice
as they take it away,but if the secondary latch doesnt hold, I would feel terrible if it lifted up
while driving and someone got hurt. I am upset though, I was very gentle with it and I have no
doubt that the next person to open the hood would have had this occur to them. Im just the one who
got stuck with it cause I was a little curious.

I can try greesing it in the morning. The part that I can see and move with a screw driver seems to move
freely (It's a semicircular hook that rotates as the catch from the hood comes down on it{cupping it downward}.)
for whatever reason it wont hold it there. I am at acomplete loss.

 

there are two latches to hold it closed, you should be able to poke away at them and see why they dont move. the system is entirely mechanical and nothing special to know about it. Sometimes the cable can freeze or get rusty and the release meachanism does not spring return when you release the lever under the hood.

Really you need to have a helper to work the lever inside the car and then watch how the mechanism works...

 

Guess I am going to have to see what happens. I got a feeling I am not going to get it working.
Since both latches are jammed open it probably is the cable getting stuck.. probably busted.
I will keep you all up to date, thanks for the words thus far though.