You can loosen the hood at the hinges, and slide it forward a bit (unless it's already all the way forward), but then it might not latch well. If that's the case, (and without looking at mine first), you might be able to use a bottle jack and a length of 2X4 to push the mount support forward to match the hood in it's new position.
On 10/15/05, Steve MacSween <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By bizarre coincidence, both of the 240Ds I recently acquired have the same > issue, though to different degrees. It looks like they in the past had very > light front-end shunts, just enough to wrinkle the fenders a touch at the > front, and to make the hood hard to open -- binds against the cowl panel > when you try to lift it. > > I was going to send one to the inspection station that way and let them > complain about it if they chose to, but now I'm chickening out. > > Now I am assuming (always a dangerous word when I get around cars) that what > is needed here is some gentle but very determined leverage, to push the hood > forward again. So my question is, how to best do this? Along the rear edge > of the hood? At the hinges? > > There is no visual indication where the buckle is, and the hood pretty much > latches/releases okay. > > Thanks > > Mac > Aylmer, Quebec > '60 220s / '82 240d (x2) / '82 300sd > '75 Volvo 164e (FOR SALE) > -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC The FSM created the Diesel Benz http://www.venganza.org/
