Re: [T3] Hoods won't open...

[Timothy Kender <timothy_kender@cox.net>]

<x-flowed>Thanky, there is ZERO rust on my baby. I'd be hard pressed to find a 
spot anywhere. It has lived in the desert all its life. I suspect the 
hood may be slightly misaligned. So IF I get it opened... How does one 
rightly align a 2mm misalignment??

On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 8:10 pm, J. Jonik wrote:
> Re/ Hoods not opening by pulling lever in glovebox.
> ONE thing to consider is...Is the car rusting out
> downstairs? Is it becoming a front-end "low rider" as
> time goes by?
>
>   If the body arms that hold the front axle assembly
> to the car are sagging due to rust, the whole front
> end will get bent...thus making the hood opening
> progressively harder and harder.
>
>  By the way...at this point, the hood will often open
> even though you don't hear the release noise. Pull
> lever, then Go up front and just PULL it up.
>  Well...this worked for me for a few years.
>
>  Then decide if you can spend god-knows how much to
> un-do the rust...essentially re-doing the car frame.
> Anyone got spare frames in their garages?
Timothy in Phoenix,
1973 Fasty "Sport"
1977 Highroof "Little Buddha"

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