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 May 25, 2008 - 9:40 AM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Nov 22, '03 From Tracadie-Sheila, NB (Canada) Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%)  |
Hi, i recently bought a cooling plate for the car and i tried installing it yesterday but ran into some issues.
First my hood support bar (bar to hold the hood up) was not locking down correctly with the plate installed and also the hood wont close properly...i blame my hood support bar to be the problem here (i think it is pried a bit since it runs really close to the hood latch...even touch it a little). I want to see pics of yours (locked down) to see what shape it should have and where it should run...ill try to get a pic of mine soon. btw, what is the correct name for that bar...(if i want to order a new one)? TIA |
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May 25, 2008 - 9:56 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 14, '06 From Northampton, UK Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
QUOTE (HaRv3sTeR @ May 25, 2008 - 3:40 PM)  Hi, i recently bought a cooling plate for the car and i tried installing it yesterday but ran into some issues. First my hood support bar (bar to hold the hood up) was not locking down correctly with the plate installed and also the hood wont close properly...i blame my hood support bar to be the problem here (i think it is pried a bit since it runs really close to the hood latch...even touch it a little). I want to see pics of yours (locked down) to see what shape it should have and where it should run...ill try to get a pic of mine soon. btw, what is the correct name for that bar...(if i want to order a new one)? TIA If you look carefully at the shape of the metal under the cooling plate, you'll notice an arc indent that allows the bar to sit away from the hood (bonnet) catch. If you have purchased a knock-off cooling plate, the plate won't follow the arc but instead go straight across. This causes the support bar to foul the catch, preventing the hood from closing properly. You may have some luck bending the hood support bar - it really depends on how thick the cooling plate is, how square or rounded the folds are and how square or rounded the actual hood latch is. But the best bet is just to wiggle the hood support bar out of its retaining hole and put the bar in the trunk (boot) temporarily. Then look to get some hood struts. -------------------- Davey
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HaRv3sTeR need picture May 25, 2008 - 9:40 AM
snapshotgt I have this issue as well with a vincent_doggy pan... May 25, 2008 - 10:53 AM njccmd2002 my bar is in the trunk, sadly May 25, 2008 - 11:11 AM 96bluevert If you have the one from Vincent Doggy, then here ... May 25, 2008 - 11:20 AM snapshotgt ^ That's exactly what i did with mine. The met... May 25, 2008 - 11:37 AM
njccmd2002 tried that, id did not close on mine May 25, 2008 - 12:50 PM |
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