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Old Oct 13, 2002 | 10:02 AM
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When did this door disappear and what was it actually?Was it the tray door or another door?Any pics?Should my -73 have one? :cheers:
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Old Oct 13, 2002 | 10:07 AM
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When did this door disappear and what was it actually?Was it the tray door or another door?Any pics?Should my -73 have one? :cheers:
:yesnod: Just took mine out this summer. Open the hood and remove the plastic cover up near the inlet area of the hood. There is flapper and cylinoid under there. My cylinoid was not connected so my flapper never opened. Since I do not have the orig air cleaner not sure if I gained anything but is has to allow for air to flow through the cowl area without the flapper in there.
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Old Oct 13, 2002 | 10:13 AM
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I have a Hi Rise hood and alot of unused holes in the wipertray area..Someone maybe picked it off before me then..
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Old Oct 13, 2002 | 05:25 PM
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My '73' has one. When I got it it did not work. I just reconnected the power to the solenoid and it works great. The accelerator has to be fully depressed before it opens.
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Old Oct 13, 2002 | 11:17 PM
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Your 73 should have one. The solenoid and door is part of the hood not the wiper tray. There is a switch at the top of the gas pedal that actuates the door. The switch shares the power circuit with the radio, I think. When the hood is open you should see a wire from the front of the hood to the cowl area of the hood on the drivers side of the car.
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Old Oct 13, 2002 | 11:47 PM
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The switch at the accelerator pedal is actually the transmission kickdown switch. The cowl door is tied into that same switch. In theory, when the tranny kicks down, the door should open.
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Old Oct 14, 2002 | 12:15 AM
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When did this door disappear and what was it actually?Was it the tray door or another door?Any pics?Should my -73 have one? :cheers:
That cowl induction system was used 73-75. Check out my web page, The '73 Spot, below for details. Go to Technical Info and then to Cowl Induction.

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Old Oct 14, 2002 | 12:42 AM
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A lot of great info there Tom. Thanks ! I just added it to my bookmarks.
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