73 roadrunner hood springs

[rm2173!]

any suggestions on how to change hood springs rear of hood does not come down also fresh paint on car

 

[YY1]

Somewhat common issue, more so on E body cars.
Sometimes you can adjust all or most of that out by carefully playing around with where the bolts are in the slots.
Sometimes the springs are "sprung".

Try to adjust first.

The hinge/spring on my driver's side wanted to be about 3/4 of an inch high when I put my RR hood on.
I was able to adjust it down to about 3/16".
I can push it down after closing it and it stays.

 

[70 sublime]

Mine was stiff and noticed it went down more after open and shut a few times
I ended up putting a little oil on the pivots of the hinge itself and that helped a lot

 

[rm2173!]

Somewhat common issue, more so on E body cars.
Sometimes you can adjust all or most of that out by carefully playing around with where the bolts are in the slots.
Sometimes the springs are "sprung".

Try to adjust first.

The hinge/spring on my driver's side wanted to be about 3/4 of an inch high when I put my RR hood on.
I was able to adjust it down to about 3/16".
I can push it down after closing it and it stays.

i have adjusted it and now that it is painted it is all lubed up i thought that would help but it has not.It is better but not perfect. Now looking to change springs

 

[1971 FC7]

i have adjusted it and now that it is painted it is all lubed up i thought that would help but it has not.It is better but not perfect. Now looking to change springs

Hinges are worn, if you remove the spring you will see play at the pivot points

 

[rm2173!]

Hinges are worn, if you remove the spring you will see play at the pivot points

thanks i will check that

 

[wahya]

There are several threads on this issue. Try this, particularly #11 . Rear of hood doesn't close fully on passenger side

 

[1971 FC7]

There are several threads on this issue. Try this, particularly #11 . Rear of hood doesn't close fully on passenger side

Totally agree on adjustment but somewhere in this tread it was mentioned that the rear of the hood could be pushed down and it stayed, my comment on worn hinges was pertaining to that

 

[YY1]

I also found the adjustment to be a bit "non-intuitive" with respect to what happened after adjustments were made.

Seemed like both adjustments all the way down did not result in the lowest possible position of the hood.

 

[rm2173!]

There are several threads on this issue. Try this, particularly #11 . Rear of hood doesn't close fully on passenger side

thanks for the help i will try that

 

[rm2173!]

thanks for every ones help went back to adjustments and got hood to work