In reply to Mr. Trukniks post about the 300CDs notorious hood hinge rust spots, I decided to clean out what was lurking underneath the L&R hood springs on my new '82 CD baby... I took a few before & after pictures, and used my big hands; a wire brush; a coat hanger & a garden hose, and got out a bunch pine needles, alot of good 'ol SC mud; a few leaves; a few pieces of rubber & a nice mini size wrench.

The drain holes were definetly clogged up & the good news as you hopefully can see from the pictures ...is there was only a little bit of surface rust and NO rust holes & no water leaked into the passenger compartment.....And now my hood drain will stay cleaned out for another 25 years !!!

Well I am new at photobucket so hopefully you see the pic's at this link....?
http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t47/albahae/

There is also a shot of the engine bay & the best IP ever built in a passenger car..





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