It seems a lot of people don't know about this feature that all MB's seem to have. It is great if you are doing a project under the hood, it gets it completly out of the way and lets more light in.

Open the hood of your MB, it doesn't matter what model you have. On the W126 their is a set of tabs in the center of the hinges. But somewhere on the hinges or gas struts will be a set of tabs. Push/pull these tabs and the hinges should release and let the hood go straight up.

AFAIK all MB's W116 and newer will do this. The older ones probably will to.

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I posted this same reply in the Northeast GTG thread, and yes Hattie is correct on the procedure ---> All W123's worlwide have always had 2-stage hood raises - same with the W116, W126, W107, etc... It was easier for the production assembly line back in the day... see factory photo from 1976:

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Another way to have the hood go straight up is not close the hood properly, drive the car and the safety catch opens. (Don't ask).

P E H

Thanks for the information. I had seen a hood in the verticle position and wished the hood on my 240D did the same.

Now maybe I won't keep hitting my head on the center part of the hood !!

Thanks!

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very handy for pulling powertrain, or just accessing monovalve, etc.

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listen, look, .........and duck.

and I would always take my hood off with those 4 10mm head bolts when ever I dropped an engine. When someone showed me that, boy was I embarassed....

The R107 does not have that feature. If I recall correctly, since I no longer own an R107.

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I found the SDL hood to be quite long and when i had it backed into the garage the the only way i could get the hood to open full up was to lower garage door.

but... later that day after lunch i wanted some natural light to work to and i lifted the door (manual no power opener) and found the alignment to be quite nicely with the bottom of the chrome grill.(SMACK!!! )

leson learned. only hapened once. i just glad it wasnt a remote opener. might have actualy done some damage.

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Already knew about it, but here's the SD's hood up. Made R&R'ing the Monovalve + Aux H2O pump MUCH easier.

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One of the first things I did whenwe bought our 380SL was check for this hood feature. No such luck. Now I did notice that there is a clip in the middle of the hinge, that can be removed. The only problem is that with the hood opend normally, the edge of the hood is close to the wipers. So trying to go vertical isn't possible without running into the wipers.

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That is correct... the R107 does not have this feature.

It's nice to open my W126 hood all the way, but it's absolutely *necessary* on my wife's R107.. can't do a thing under the hood without banging your head. If there was only some way to open it further..

Someone told me to wiretie a bunch of shop rags around the bottom of the grille when working on the car. I do this every time now otherwise I'll smack my head...

Neal

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My 240.and 740 volvo opened with a tab like the mercedes