Re: Please help! '96 Dakota hood latch failure?

From: Jon (jonsdak@midmaine.com)
Date: Wed Aug 21 2002 - 12:06:59 EDT


Thanks! Cowl, huh? That makes sense. Maybe that's why it mystified me :-)

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Later,
Jon
jonsdak@midmaine.com
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1996 Dodge Dakota Sport 4X4, 3.9L V6, 42RE, 3.92:1 8.25 axle, "BackRack"
Headache Rack,  Dodge Motorsports decals, steering wheel cover, and front
license plate, diamond-plate bedrail covers, Lund VentVisors, Lund
BugShield, Jensen MP-3310 CD/MP3 Receiver, Pioneer TS-G1347's in front,
TS-A5713's in rear
<jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote in message
news:ajv6rl$kv7$3@bent.twistedbits.net...
>
> "Jon" <jonsdak@midmaine.com> wrote:
>
> : Jon,
> : I think I got it - but keep the offer for the pics open :-)
>
>   Will do.  :-)  As far as re-installing them, as Jeff mentioned, you
> will want to be sure they go back on correctly, although there is a
> little room for error there.  I've never marked mine when I removed
> them, but just made sure they went back on approximately parallel
> to the bottom of the window.  You will probably need to adjust
> them a couple of times before you get them just where you want them.
> (because the wiper is angled out from the glass and you can't set it
> against the glass until you push the tab back in, it can be hard to
> judge exactly, you just need to try a position, then pull the tab back
> out, rotate the wiper slightly and try again.)
>
> If you're really worried about putting them back on exactly like they
> are on the truck now, you could mark the wiper and post as Jeff
> suggested, or you could use a grease pencil of a piece of tape to mark
> the location where they lie on the windshield.  (easier to clean
> the mark off the glass)
>
>
> : I'll try it out in the morning.
> : Do you have any idea what the piece beneath the wipers is called?
> : I'll try to put a little more detail into the description:
> : It's completely metal, and from about 5" in on either side, is slotted
> : completely, almost like a screen of some sort, with holes for the wiper
> : motor "hubs" (for lack of a better word) and washer ports.
>
>
>   Yep, its called a "cowl".
>
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>
>                                               -Jon-
>
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