Opened my h1 hood and this fell to the ground. Thoughts?

 

What is it?

 

A catch doohickey.

 

What is it catching? Lol

 

That is a good question... I honestly am not sure. I cannot recall having see a catch like that under the hood of an H1 before. It was clearly welded on (very lightly) somewhere. I'd be looking for somewhere about a half an inch or more wide where it might have been. The catch itself looks rather stout and military grade but the weld is pretty tiny so whatever it was intended to hold was not likely very heavy.

 

I pulled my hood release and I could hear it falling like a plinco game.

 

 

It's the hook lock catch. Keeps people from opening your hood unless you pull the cable inside.

It's spring loaded so that you don't break it when you put the hood back and have already pushed the cable lock back into position (like a carbiner)

No clue why it fell off....bu that's definitely it.

 

Should be easy to weld it back into place. Will be easy to get someone to send you a pic of it mounted. Disconnect your battery cables before welding to avoid possible frying the computers.

 

Got it sorted out, needs to be welded back on Thanks!