[T3] Stinking hood

[B Fye]

I'm taking an extended drive today, with tools, and seeing what happens.  I'm very tired of bungee cords and finding wide spots on the shoulder to slam the hood closed.  
I did turn the shaft length out 2 turns this morning.  We'll see!

Brian Fye

On Jul 6, 2013, at 5:49 AM, Bobsnotch at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 7/5/2013 7:45:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> jadney at vwtype3.org writes:
> 
> On 5 Jul 2013 at 12:48, B Fye wrote:
> 
>> I'm still fighting  my hood latch popping on the purple notch back. 
>> I've moved the latch  around, checked the release for movement and
>> still no joy.  So,  do I need to shorten or lengthen the rod latch? 
>> Adjust the rubber  bumpers?  Any other thoughts?  I really don't want
>> hood pins  unless I have to.
> 
> The first thing to check is that the latch mechanism  is "relaxing" 
> all the way back to the lock position once you release the  cable. 
> Check this by reaching under the latch and pulling the cable anchor  
> in the non-release direction.
> 
> If you find that it's sticking  partway open, you may need to lube the 
> mechanism, or take the cable out  and lube it.
> 
> On one of my cars, I just have to remember to reach under  and "lock" 
> it before I try to close the hood.
> 
> Shortening the upper  mushroom is the wrong way to go. This is a one 
> time setting that should  never change. If it used to work, it should 
> still work unless you've  changed something on the body. If the 
> mushroom stem is too short it will  not get far enough into the latch 
> to get caught; if it's too long, you'll  be able to push the hood down 
> farther even after it's latched.
> 
> As  Dave said, it may help to screw the rubber bumpers in a bit while 
> you  adjust things, then screw them out once everything else works.
> 
> 
> Brian, IF the crash damage forced the apron down a little, then yes, you  
> would need to lengthen it. I'd do like Jim mentioned though, and check the  
> latch and cable too.
> 
> I too have one of those latches Jim mentioned. It's on Sue's car. I still  
> have yet to understand why it does that though, as it's never been hit  
> there.
> 
> I think you have to set "pre-tension" on the latch for it to work  
> correctly (with the cable adjustment). It's been a while since I've had to do  
> something like that though.  
> 
> Bob 65  Notch S w/Sunroof and IRS aka Krusty
> 64 T-34 Ghia aka Wolfie
> 71  Square-vert under  construction
> 
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