Hello, I went in my garage to discover the hood latch disconnected on my 68'. What is the proper way to secure it? I see it goes through two round openings but cannot seem to find how to secure it from dislodging.

Tonight when I popped the hood a small spring about 2 inches long fell out of the front end as well as a small metal broken tab. This is the spring that attaches to the hood release lever and the lever that engages the lock on the hood latch. I can not for the life of me figure out what part...