on my 240, the back of the hood is rubbing. I adjusted the hood forward slightly, no change, but i noticed it's sagging in the back more now. Evidently what i did, was move it forward enough that the main problem showed up....

so my real question is, how do i adjust the stopping point for the rear of the hood? in the front of the hood there is two adjustable rubber stops so that the hood can stop flush with the fenders. How do i do that for the back? if there is supposed to be adjustable rubber stops, please have mercy, my car evidently doesn't have them (hood was replaced by previous owner, it's blue,,, the rest of the car is red (dead giveaway)).

__________________
79 240D 123.123 daily-driver
03 F250 7.3 PS SD CC (lightly modded)
82 CE 'vette (for sale)
73 dart 318, 73 charger w/'68 383 (both for sale)

I think you need to jack it up at the front and go up and under from the wheel arch. It entails removing a liner of sorts after which you can see the adjustment bolts.

Good luck.

RayH

...that you should have



My gut feeling however is that the hinge mechanism is damaged at best. You might find that the hinge mounting points on the chassis are rusted / damaged / buggered. I hope not!

There is a slight amount of wiggle movement in the hinge / bonnet attachment that might give you enough "lift" but there isn't much there.

Don't forget the golden rule - if in doubt post some pictures!

Attached Thumbnails

 

__________________
1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

if that part #80 is a rubber piece that fits in the channel and holds the rear of the hood in the correct place, that's what I'm missing. A trip to the salvage yard is in order.

thanks, hard to get pictures of what i "don't" have so i'm very appreciative of the blow-up.

Guy

__________________
79 240D 123.123 daily-driver
03 F250 7.3 PS SD CC (lightly modded)
82 CE 'vette (for sale)
73 dart 318, 73 charger w/'68 383 (both for sale)