Michael Delaney

There is a 964 power hood latch for sale on E-bay. I had never heard of this and was wondering how common it is? Not that I am looking for any more complicated mechanisms to control very simple things. BTW, it has a 964 part#.

Ruairidh

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Roy Eames:
<strong>There is a 964 power hood latch for sale on E-bay. I had never heard of this and was wondering how common it is? Not that I am looking for any more complicated mechanisms to control very simple things. BTW, it has a 964 part#.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Roy, what do you mean by power hood latch? if you mean the 2 latchs on the windshield where the cab roof, well, latches into when it closes and uncouples from when it opens - I thought all these were powered and not manual (at least from '91)

c4cab0

The hood latches are for the cab top(hood
across the pond).

Michael Delaney

Looks like a latch for the luggage compartment(that hood). E-bay item #2409272357. Take a look. Porsche part# 964 511 052 00

Ruairidh

grankin

That's exactly what it is, and I do not find any other references to it, not on Pelican Parts at all.

Questions: how does it connect to the electrical system, where might the operating switch be, has anyone retrofitted one?

hawk911

sounds like blinker fluid to me.

cobalt

That is a standard hood latch the electrical connection is for the luggage compartment light.

You could make that unit electrically operated if you are willing to go through a lot of work. You can always retrofit a release motor from a 944 or 928 rear hatch to a cable that would be pulled by the motor and install a switch to operate it but it really seems like more work than it is worth.