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| | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 | I had a SCARY thing happen yesterday I was winding up the ol gal a bit to check the kickdown, 4 barrell and such, hit a pretty crappy bridge that crosses the road not far from home and the hood popped open ...luckily the emergency catch caught it and kept it from flying up and causing ...WELL YA KNOW...soo my ?
I have replaced all the hood rubbers with new, how much SPRING should I have when the hood is closed and locked?
Right now I have to slam it pretty good to latch it wich I am now confident ISNT RIGHT, it is like rock solid when closed, with the spring on the hood pin Im pretty sure it should close, latch and have a bit of spring pressure to work with not be solid.
any help will be appreciated.
I do not have a service manual for my 52..Im winging it.
thanks
Tim | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 427 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 427 | I've had that problem also, usually when i have the bra on the front. I close the hood and then reach in and push on the release lever to make sure it's in all the way.
Sounds to me that you need to adjust the primary catch down some if you have to slam it that hard.
Without the bra on mine, a gentle push will lock the hood but I always push on the lever just to make sure.
I had also notice and replaced the spring on the lever because it seemed weak and streched out. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | I am assuming that yours has a latch handle that moves sideways to unlock the hood. I went through this on mine and I figured that it was too tight. Anyway, when the hood latches correctly, the handle retreats to something past center. If it doesn't latch correctly, it doesn't move all the way to that position, but the hood looks fine. In this case the hood can pop.
You really should get a manual. You will save yourself a lot of grief. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | Yeah, it sounds like it is too tight and not latching all the way.
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A lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 866 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 866 | Same thing happened to me Radial, The guys abouve hit it on the nose, at least that was my problem!! | | | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 | Thanks for the Input Gents!
did some adjusting and now it seems to be fully latching nice and snug.
Thanks!!!
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