Miata Mailing List: February 1993, Message #42
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Subject: Re: Squeaks
   Date: (none)

Al Jenab says:
> 
> I had precisely the same squeaking problem and it was driving me crazy.  
> Lubricating the suspension bushings did nothing to relieve it.  After an 
> hour's worth of manually shaking and rocking everything I could think of 
> over and under the car, I finally identified the hood latch as the culprit. A
>  shot of white lithium grease takes care of it (but only until it wears off 
> again, about a month or two).  Anybody know of a permanent fix for this? 
>  The latch has actually worn a small groove into the little hook on the hood.

Thank you thank you THANK YOU! I had the same noise and *KNEW* it was coming
from under the hood but couldn't track it down. 

-- 
Jim (moore@email.ncsc.navy.mil)

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