I sprayed my whole latch and the bar it latches to w/ like a dry liquid teflon when i had my jeep. I had a similar problem but i had to have someone push down on my hood or it'd be really hard to pull the lever.

Another thing that might help is have someone in the cab working the release while your spraying the cable to get a lil lube in there also

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[SIZE="1"]2003 FX4 Ext cab 4x4.
4.0L V6, 4.10 axel 8.8 l/s, CAI, 2.25" Exhaust w/ turbo muffler.
T-bar crank, 33x12.5 Firestone Destination A/T on 15x8 Soft 8's.
3" BL, 6400 Shackels
Red LED's:Under dash and behind Grill, 6" fogs behind grill, painted headlights and flairs
Truxxedo Lo-pro Tonneu Cover and Chrome bed rails
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