With two hands! Depending how long your reach is, you grasp hood on the edge in the middle with right hand and lead it down to about 10"-12" inches from contact and then let it gently fall, while left hand (palm down) firmly pushes down on drivers side edge (with rag under palm of course). Gently but firmly is the key. No grabbing left or right hood edge and slamming down from fully open position!
There are two batteries on a modern XJ8. One is in the trunk area.
Which year XJ8? On the 2004 it is under the hood, on the cowl below the windshield on front passenger side underneatha a Black cover about 8"x4" or so.
To close the hood, you unhook the prop from the underside of the hood, set it in its track, and then let the hood down, and then make sure it is shut.
You can close the hood latch, on your Chevrolet Malibu, by gently pushing downward on the hood. The latch may need to be sprayed with a lubricant.
The hood latch
close your hood
I opened my hood with the latch and when I went ot close it the latch no longer works. Is ther some way I can close and secure my hood shut?
Nope, not even close.
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There is no hood release to close the hood. One of the hood struts may be frozen or damaged causing the problem. Disconnect one hood strut at a time to determine which one is bad. Your local auto parts store has replacement hood struts for that vehicle.
How do i replace subwootfer 2002 xj8
NO, it didnt close mine