Volvo V70 Hood latch removal, cleanup and installation

In this video I remove clean and reinstall a non locking hood latch on my 1999 Volvo V70 (Classic) 2.5D.

[@Volvo-Bosse]

Hello there i had no power at all and stod there for weeks and now i looked at your video and this helped allot and I looked every video but no but you had exactly same car and this works thx for helping!! Edit: did not have exactly same but it's a 2000 V70 classic metallic red Edit 2: i had no power and i needed to remove my left turn signal plastic thing and i got in!!

[@khkkologne]

Thank´s for your video. Is very helpfull. I have the same problem at my xc90.

[@scrambaba]

Gut gemacht!

[@eschatonhemera]

Great video. Just what I needed. Thanks for taking the time to make it. Best wishes.

[@Richardson6]

Great video! Very informative. Thanks for sharing it

[@fritzbitz77]

i have a volvo 850 turbo, mine did the same thing, i just tightened the bolt that connects the latch to the fender and it worked fine after that

[@Squidgelana]

I can now see why you have a watch with numbers that shows what the big hand means. Steven Spielberg can sleep easy too. Thankyou for taking the time and trouble to post, for the duration though, I had anticipated more guts and gore of the workings.

[@kvcuijck]

Not everybody is such a quick learner like you! ;) But I will do my best to make the videos as informative as possible.

[@wka656]

someone please figure out how to open the hood with broken cable, broken at the latch...heard that you can pop out the grill...or cut out the grill.

[@wka656]

need help replacing a hood latch cable for 97 volvo 850

[@wka656]

polishing with a rag is not going to repair or clean thelatch mechanism...give me a break !!!

[@kvcuijck]

That's correct! But lubrication does solve a lot of problems... As you don't want dirt into your lubricated area you have to clean it first. Maybe you would replace it with a new mechanism, but for me it now operates very smooth again for the last year or so.

[@twig3288]

I removed the latch mechanism (2x10mm bolts) disconnected the cables and sprayed some brake cleaner into the parts where it gets clogged with dry grease. After cleaning I sprayed it with a liberal dose of WD40. There's a small hole in the casing which may even be there for this purpose, so I poked some wire into it to make sure it was clear, and then used the WD40 straw to spray some into the mechanism. Then operated the mechanism using a screwdriver shaft to emulate the steel locking hoop on the underside of the bonnet and opened and closed it a few times, spraying more WD40 in open and closed positions. Refitted and it works as it should. I suspect the problem is caused by a build up of dried grease (the white stuff that they spray on a service time, they just spray fresh grease onto the old dirty stuff and it just coagulates).

[@sonicstep]

Possibly not. Depends on the latche's condition. Of course a new one would be best, but they're far from cheap.