48 Ford truck hood latch question

[stovens]

On my truck, I had thought I'd figured out my latch problem, but once again I'm stimied! This is a picture of the hood secondary latch from the inside. the handle flops back away from the front opening on the truck hood, where it should some how stay connected to the release latch above it.

Here are a few shots from the outside looking at the handle and showing it in the first photo how it should always sit, and in the second photo the problem that I'm having a difficult time putting to words!


The handle works as a functional part of the finished trim, matching the dummy handle on the other side of the hood. I looked at another truck in the dark, and didn't see any additional springs, so all I can think of is there is some broken off metal on the curve of the handle that keeps it tucked around the release lever! If anyone has a photo from their truck, I'd love to see it so I can fix this problem. Thanks, Steve.

[campokid]

I'm having the same problem on my truck did you get it fixed and if you did can you send me a picture of how the return spring gose
Roy Virchow
you can e-mail me at royingold@msn.com
THANKS

[stovens]

No unfortunately nobody ever replied with an answer. If you figure it out please let me know, and I will if I figure it out vice versa!