1968 442 Hood Not Closing

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Old August 17th, 2018, 10:41 AM
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1968 442 Hood Not Closing

I didn’t see anything in the forums but I think this is a common problem. Rear of the hood doesn’t close all the way. After closing hood I have to push the rear corners down by hand the last 2 inches. Is that from tired springs or needing to rebuild the hinges? Greasing hasn’t seemed to help. Thanks for any input.
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Originally Posted by teamwieland
I didn’t see anything in the forums but I think this is a common problem. Rear of the hood doesn’t close all the way. After closing hood I have to push the rear corners down by hand the last 2 inches. Is that from tired springs or needing to rebuild the hinges? Greasing hasn’t seemed to help. Thanks for any input.
Adjust the rear of the hinge up....... I know its counterintuitive.... but it usually works
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Old August 17th, 2018, 11:23 AM
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‘68 442 Hood Not Closing

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Adjust the rear of the hinge up....... I know its counterintuitive.... but it usually works
will give that a shot, thanks. The ‘68 hoods don’t open very high and that seems like it would make that problem worse.
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