Has anyone had to replace the hood centering pins on a 126? I have a call in to Phil right now, trying to locate a set, or at the very least the right hand pin.

I noticed the hood appeared to be sitting askew last night, this morning I checked it out when I got to work. The right rear corner was (and still is) raised about 1/2 inch but I couldn't seem to find anything wrong with the hinge or the hinge attachments.

A little more looking and I noticed the post protruding from the inner edge of the fender and the matching slot at the hood corner. Even though I could see the slot was aligning with the pin, when the hood was closed it would be lifted at that corner. Comparing the left and right pins found that there is supposed to be a shoulder, which I surmise must keep the slot centered on the pin. The shoulder appears to be a simple press fit on the end of the post.

Can't locate the remains of the shoulder. It looks like the natural trajectory would pop it right onto the wipers, which I happened to use yesterday, probably launching the shoulder out on to the highway. Of course, I just learned the hood is secured at 5 points...all this time I only thought it was secure at 3.

Has anyone ever had to replace these centering pins?

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