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Hood lifting near windshield 200

posted by wma45 on Thu Jun 18 06:02 CST 2009
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CURE FOR HOOD LIFTING AT WINDSHIELD
After several failed attempts to solve the problem of a raised hood(even replaced hinges once)on my 87 244 I finally solved the problem. I took the hinges off one at a time(be sure to support hood with some kind of prop and place a folded towel between the hood and the windshield cowl). At the rear of the hinge there is an adjustment slot with a locking bolt which in my case I had already set at the lowest possible position. I removed the bolt and with a dremel grinding bit I extended the slot about a quarter of an inch lower. I also used the grinding stone to smooth the bottom of the hinge of excess paint and what looked like globs of some type of glue. I cleaned the area where the hinge attaches to the fender and reinstalled the hinge and my hood sat flat for the first time since I have owned the car.
Bill Arrington

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Hood lifting near windshield 200

posted by pageda on Thu Jun 18 15:23 CST 2009
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Keep the hinges lubricated.
Dan

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Hood lifting near windshield 200

posted by benski on Thu Jun 18 09:23 CST 2009
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Nice work! There seems to be an almost constant barrage of hood questions that "pop up" (sorry) here on the board. It's good to find someone that solved their problem, and brought out how they did it. Thanks.

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posted by Cliff Pope on Mon Jun 22 01:52 CST 2009
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What usually happens is that insufficient lubrication causes the pivots to seize up, and the weak point is the angled bracket that slides on the adjuster.
If you look carefully you can usually detect that it is not straight, and has been twisted out of true with the force of moving stiff hinge pivots.

If you can get the hinge apart safely it is an easy matter to bend the bracket straight again. I think the trick is to clamp one part of the hinge, then apply leverage to the other until you can get the removeable link pin out, then carefully relieve the pressure to release the spring. I'm not sure though - it's a long while since I dismantled a hinge.

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