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Old 10-13-2017, 10:08 PM   #1
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Powered hood??

I keep eyeing the powered rear hatch mechanism on my 2012 Acadia and have wondered if I could make something like that work on my hood.
Thoughts??
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Old 10-13-2017, 10:59 PM   #2
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Re: Powered hood??

You would have to figure out how to actuate the latch and how to actuate the safety catch.
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Old 10-14-2017, 09:13 PM   #3
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Re: Powered hood??

The Acadia lift assembly is pretty big. The lift in the GMC Terrain is all in the gas strut. Might look into that instead.
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Old 10-15-2017, 02:06 AM   #4
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Re: Powered hood??

Struts won't do what he wants to do an that is hit a switch or remote and have the hood open on it's own.

To do that he has to have a power hood release plus a power hood safety catch and you sure don't want to drive one of these trucks on the highway without a safety catch that works.
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Old 10-15-2017, 08:52 AM   #5
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Re: Powered hood??

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you sure don't want to drive one of these trucks on the highway without a safety catch that works.
You're right about that! It happened to me one time in a 49 I had. The hood flew open and scared the bejesus out of me!!
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Old 10-15-2017, 09:10 AM   #6
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Re: Powered hood??

The powered hood safety latch that mr48chev mentioned is on my search list of solutions to un-powering electric door poppers when truck is in motion or in gear. Sort of a like a neutral safety switch on a motorcycle. Anyone think of a known device out there that would adapt to a T5 tranny or otherwise do the job?
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