that's on an AD style latch ... for your TF, the problem may be a broken spring, get a look inside the mechanism - and make sure the bracket on the hood is coming down far enough

Bill

Moved over to the Passing Lane

"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 & Rust-a-holics Unanimous parking lot