I figure there must be something very obvious that I'm missing here.

I've been working on this car for a long time but have not removed the hood latches or cable. I did remove the hood itself and when I put it back on it simply would not latch all the way shut.

I can push the latches down with a screwdriver, they move just fine but they never 'click' and hold the down position, they just spring right back up.

In case you were wondering, the hood latches worked just fine before I worked on the car.

Any ideas?

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1987 300SDL 167k
1992 Volvo 740 140k
1990 Volvo 740 250k
1989 Volvo 240 269k

Anyone want to trade an old Volvo for an '87 300sdl?