Hood latch spring

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Anyone have any input on fixing this?

I want to first try and just replace the spring, rather than buy a whole new mechanism. Which from what I have seen are in the 70.00 range.

It's held in with a pin that is mushroomed over like a rivet, so I thought I'd just grind the end off and replace with a bolt. But I need to see if there are any idea's on where I can source the spring, and was hoping one of you would have a suggestion on where I may be able to find one.