First World Problems: All Good Things Have To Come To An End, Usually In Pairs

That my friend is a 1998 Chevrolet 1500 pickup truck Hood Latch Release Handle. Why is it there? I have no idea. It could have been a government mandate. It could have been a slick marketing gimmick by R&D. Any way I digress..............

So anyway. The other day in an attempt to get ready for winter I thought I better get the plow truck going. Oops. It had been awhile. And "Chuck The Truck" wouldn't start.

No problem. I'll get the handy dandy Schumacher Battery Charger out and charge up the not so old Interstate Battery.

The horror when I discovered the earlier mentioned Hood Latch Release wasn't working properly. The hood didn't "pop" so I could access the actual release. Battery, dead. Hood, not opening. Ugh. I cajoled the release. I spoke kindly and friendly to it. I worked and worked and no hood pop. So................

Chuck is a 1998 plow truck with 200,000+ miles. It has dodged deer, trees and other frozen tundra challenges. I had no qualms then to go to the shop and locate Chuck The Truck's new accessory.

Pull the Release. Walk out to truck and pop hood with crow bar. Just because a battery didn't hold a charge.

PS: In case you are wondering about the bug shield. That's another story for another time. Just another First World Problem.

posted by Misanthropic Humanitarian at 02:00 PM

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