Hood Alignment
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Racer
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Thousand Oaks Calif.
Hood Alignment
The space between my hood and the finders is just right, but the hood on the driver’s side sits about ¼ of an inch higher than the fender near the windshield.
It seems that the driver’s side hook that holds the hood down should be adjusted a ¼ inch but for the life of me I cannot see a way to adjust this.
There are no spaces to remove or adjustment to the hood locking mechanism.
What am I missing?
Thanks
It seems that the driver’s side hook that holds the hood down should be adjusted a ¼ inch but for the life of me I cannot see a way to adjust this.
There are no spaces to remove or adjustment to the hood locking mechanism.
What am I missing?
Thanks
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2000
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From: New Hill NC
If you have no shims and the hood is still high, something is probably wrong, but you can help the situation by taking the loop off the hood. Place it in a vice and hammer it down a little. This shoud help, but you will probably have to reposition the latch.
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2007
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From: Wichita Kansas
Too Funny... I just did this today for the same reason and now it latches down faired with the fender. Took the latch off held it on the floor with grips and wacked it with a brass malet (2X's)
Le Mans Master
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From: New Hill NC
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From: Drummonds TN
You guys are funny talking about wacking vette parts, however, I have the exact problem so I guess i will be wacking away myself. My 78 has the hood high on the pax side about .25 in. Glad I read all this as I have tried to figure out how to make the adjustment.
