Bart - I didn't look at your pic at first, that isn't an "Apache" hood [58-62], it's a 57 hood, and you should be able to make it work right, the latch mechanism may be frapped or the hinges may need adjusting
"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir "When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me Some TF series details & TF heater pics
