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Hood adjustment problem??


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I changed hood hinges on my '71 240Z. I got them from someone on Classic ZCar. When you close the hood, the front of the hood sticks up above the H/L buckets about 3/8". I have adjusted them as far down as they will go. (The hinges are against the bumper mount) I can push on the hood and get it to go down where it belongs but it pops back up once I take the pressure off. I do not know where these hood hinges came from. Are there differences between the 240-260-280 hinges? Anyone experienced this before? Solution?

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I've got the same problem except backwards, I'm at the end of the adjustment and am still too low.... I have found that there are differenced between 240 and 280 hinges, 280 hinges don't open as far as 240 hinges.

Question, are you using a steel hood or a fiberglass one? The reason I ask is that with my fiberglass one I have to remove the torsion springs, without them I can lift the front of the hood into the correct position but it falls when I let go. I'm thinking if I had the springs in the front would be lifted to the correct position but put too much stress on the hood over time. Perhaps if you remove your springs everything will be ok???

Something I might try tonight is to see if the hinge will rotate, all I have been doing is pulling straight up on it to it's upper adjustment limits, I'm wondering now if I rotate it (for lack of a better term) around one of the adjustment bolts, setting one end high the oppitsit side low (see where I'm going here??) that this will change the upper level more since it appears that the hinge center point really isn't in the center since they unfold the way that they do. Your case is worse in at least I can shim the crap out of the hood to get it where it needs to be.

Are you sure that you don't have the fenders pushed too low on the car?? How does the front door seam look?

That's about all of my ideas, let me know what you find as I'm still working on it too going the other way :)

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I have read your post. I have a steel hood. I have tried to "rotate" the hinges to lower them. It did lower the hood but not nearly enough. I am going to put in some other hinges ('73 240Z). I will try to rotate these hinges to get them to fit. I changed hoods and hinges. They do not fit as well as the old parts. Something for you guys to remember when changing parts.

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