Hood / Fender Gap

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » June 5, 2008, 5:52 pm

Hey! aint the Bro`s from the Hood!

, no wounder you lot have the steering wheel on the wrong side. What do you call the stuff you run your trucks on?

We call it petrol!

Gritsngumbo · Post by **Gritsngumbo** » June 5, 2008, 7:10 pm

Alan: Does the fancy name for "gas" help absorb the shock at the pump? LOL I'll get a pic of the "bonnet" and the cowl tomorrow am when it's cooler. Its 7 pm and the temp is 91 with 50% humidity so it feels like it's 97. Whew!

blackagatha · Post by **blackagatha** » June 6, 2008, 12:06 am

I agree with schmoe. It is definitely the hinges. If I take the springs off my hinges, the hood sits lovely. maybe I could get some of those strut rods and take off the springs.

My hinges must be worked just right, or else they try to bend backards, and/or tweak the hood. no matter how much lubrication they have. and they will not sit down nicely.

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » June 6, 2008, 7:39 pm

If you take the spring out all you are doing is compounding the problem and having the hinge sit in past where it should sit, bit like letting the air out of your tyres to get the right stance plus the back of the bonood* will bounce around on rough roads.

Alan,

*"BONOOD", a term used to describe a Australian/American automobile engine bay cover.

Post by **Greg D** » June 6, 2008, 9:56 pm

I would vote for new cab bushings (provided the mounts haven't gone). You may have worn hinges too, not exactly new to a Slick. The cab sinking will also wear the hinges faster than normal too.

blackagatha · Post by **blackagatha** » June 6, 2008, 10:55 pm

well, I wasnt saying that removing the hinges was the solution. all I know is that they hinges act happier without them. and they are SO hard to close... all the jumping and jiving I have to do to get it shut without breaking something is ridiculous... I will probably wind up messing with alternative springs/hinges of some sort...

Gritsngumbo · Post by **Gritsngumbo** » June 7, 2008, 12:19 pm

Alan: Here are photos of my "metal engine cover" and the cowl
showing the gap.

The comments on the spring removal lead me to believe that maybe the spring isn't compressing enough? does that make sense? Someone along the way had fabed a bracket which hooked the spring back closer to the cowl.

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » June 7, 2008, 9:29 pm

MMmm the guard on the L/H side seems to be high at the front compared to the R/H side, the cowl and the door on both sides seem OK, the bonood on the R/H side is up a bit but that might be due to the other side being up so high. does it look even across the front or is the L/H gap smaller.

Alan,