Hi guys,

I have bought a 1991 965 a couple of months ago. The previous owner stated that I had to be gentle with the hood when opening it, as the passenger side sometimes wouldn't free up. He said that it started happening when he had the hood repainted.

Since yesterday, when I finally had room in my garage and wanted to start working on the car, the hood won't open anymore. The latches work fine, but the passenger side hinge seems completely stuck. Whereas the driver side hinge seems to lift when you open the hood, the one on the passenger side stays down. I can lift the hood for about 10° degrees without forcing anything, which leaves very little room to see what's going on. I tried to wiggle the whole hood, to wiggle at the hinge location, tried spraying some WD40 on the hinge, but it won't give. The hinge stays completely down at the front windscreen, I'm not able to get underneath. As far as I know, this is not a rust issue, as the car in great shape. I'm thinking either a lack of lubricant or something that snapped.

Any ideas on what is going on? And how to get it to free up? I'm thinking on spraying some oil on it as best as possible (barely room to get to it), but I'm out of ideas when that won't work. Help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Roel.