Hood Rattle???
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Instructor
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From: St. peters Missouri
Hood Rattle???
anyone have that problem when driving? appears to be only on Driver Side of car.. (where it pushes into frame of car) Drive over bumps and you can hear the hood rattle on that side????? any fix?
Drifting
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the hood pins are adjustable. Look at the hood pins that are attached to the underside of your hood. Loosen the locknuts, adjust the pin by using a long slotted screwdriver, re tighten locknut. Takes a lot of trial and error.
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Are you talking of the spring loaded pin? I believe he is speaking of the hood at the nose, i know mine has a lot of play up front, just something else to fix.
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I believe he is speaking of the hood at the nose, i know mine has a lot of play up front, just something else to fix.
Not really sure how to adjust them quite yet
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Instructor
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From: St. peters Missouri
I just checked it out, and im guessing what you are telling me to turn is the piece that has the Rubber Cap on the end? I tried with my hand but wont budge, didnt have tools handy as it was late and i just wanted to check it to see...?????? Is that the right piece to turn?
Last edited by bpdfs; Mar 24, 2010 at 11:54 PM.
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I had this happen on the passenger's side of my '94 ragtop. Took me a while to figure out the source of it. I solved it by applying a little bit of grease to the latch and pin on that side. Haven't heard it since. I suggest you try to lube it before adjusting anything.
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Melting Slicks
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two adjustments possible; bumper (little black mushroom gizmo on cowl) can be raised, or latch (metal pointed thingie hanging from hood) can be screwed in...several i've seen rattle cause one latch is not even going in far enough to lock in, may need to go the other way with adjustmment, with hood in normal 'down and locked' position, grasp trailing edge of hood at windshield and try to pull up.
Last edited by redrose; Mar 25, 2010 at 12:00 PM.
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Mine did that when I bought it. It was pretty easy to adjust like jon0108 said. Just don't go too far too fast. It only takes a little tightening (most likely). Don't shut your hood with your doors open after you adjust!!!! I learned that the hard way. It chips your paint if the adjustment isn't right. After you adjust look at the gaps between the doors and hood to make sure it is acceptable and won't rub. I would just go in 1/4 turn and see where you are at. Then you can always go right back to where you were and go the other way if it gets worse.
Melting Slicks
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the bumper (rubber topped mushroom) on the cowl has a 10mm locknut at its base...when new the bumper can be turned by hand, but rust/dirt may require using pliers with cardboard to protect the threads on the bumper shaft from damage, severe cases need to pull the rubber off and grab the metal top of the adjuster with vice grips.
the hood-mounted 'hangin pointed thing' has a 1-1/2'' (wrench size), formed sheet metal, spring seat/locknut at its base that should be loosened before using an appropriately sized flat bar in the slot at the end of the hpt...use a box end wrench on the spring seat/locknut to prevent distorting it, not an open end or fitz-al
the hood-mounted 'hangin pointed thing' has a 1-1/2'' (wrench size), formed sheet metal, spring seat/locknut at its base that should be loosened before using an appropriately sized flat bar in the slot at the end of the hpt...use a box end wrench on the spring seat/locknut to prevent distorting it, not an open end or fitz-al
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two adjustments possible; bumper (little black mushroom gizmo on cowl) can be raised, or latch (metal pointed thingie hanging from hood) can be screwed in...several i've seen rattle cause one latch is not even going in far enough to lock in, may need to go the other way with adjustmment, with hood in normal 'down and locked' position, grasp trailing edge of hood at windshield and try to pull up.
solved my problem with the hood rattling on mine, thanks!
Melting Slicks
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