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Old September 25th, 2019, 01:41 PM
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70 442 Hood

My 442 has an original fiberglass hood and I could never get the left rear corner down to the fender since I have owned the car.
Is this common and is there a solution.
I tried to adjust the hinge, elongated the holes and still no good.
The right side is perfect.
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Old September 25th, 2019, 03:47 PM
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Is there any interference? Try raising the rear of the hinge.
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I think this has to do with the hinge being worn out, and no amount of adjusting will fix the problem because of that. You either need to replace it with a good hinge, or have that one repaired.
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Old September 25th, 2019, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by oldcutlass
Is there any interference? Try raising the rear of the hinge.
As far as I can tell there is no interference and I will try raising the rear of the hinge.

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I think this has to do with the hinge being worn out, and no amount of adjusting will fix the problem because of that. You either need to replace it with a good hinge, or have that one repaired.
If what oldcutlass suggestions do not pan out I will remove the hinge and check it out.

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