I know what you mean. When I first got it I thought it was just the wrinkles at the trailing edges, but they are only part of it.
Now it's worse... the apprentice at my friend's shop did not make sure the hood was latched after they changed the oil, and when we got the tail end of Katrina the hood blew open right back and smashed the windshield. Remarkably the hood still *looks* about the same, but now it's so hard to move I am pretty sure the inspectors will fail it on that. And the weather has been too lousy to even get the glass guy to come and re/re the glass into it, from my parts car.... Oh, but it gets better! Looks like my pal messed up when he unhooked the driveshaft to tow the car... he pulled the bolts but the flanges were still caught together. When we went to hook it back up, we had to drill out all the metal sleeves in the flex joint as they were deformed from the strain. Tranny has started to screech a little and seems to be going out... I figure he probably burned out the front pump. Keeeripes. Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Steve, > THAT HOOD SUCKS!!!!!... I always hated that but never could see just what > to do to fix it. IIRC the adjustments are all the way forward so apparently > the body shop that did the work couldn.t get it right either....:>( > > Mike > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve MacSween" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 7:23 PM > Subject: [MBZ] 240d hood in need of some 'body english' > > >> 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) >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >> > > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
