[s-cars] Now my hood won't open

[Szarka Strubachincoscow]

Dave:

Your spring-loaded hood pins(what are they really called??) on the
front underside lip of the hood are out of alignment.  Probably
laterally out of alignment, rather than too long or too short.  Get a
big adjustable wrench or a pair of channel locks and loosen the keeper
nut at the top of the pin above the spring.  DON'T loosen it too much
or you'll be in trouble--just enough so that you can move the pin
around.  Slowly lower the hood and visually align the pin to the holes
in the grill, then tighten.  Close and try again.  It may take a few
tries but you'll get it.  You'll proabaly find that only one of them
needs to be adjusted.

HTH,

--Sz


On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:31:19 EST, hoog23 at aol.com <hoog23 at aol.com> wrote:
> Just had an oil change done on friday on the S6 and noticed that hood didn't
> look like it was all the way closed.  So I opened it and checked to see if my
> mechanic left a wrench on the engine or something (I confess I've done this).
> But when I opened it everything seemed in order.
> 
> So this afternoon I tried it again - the hood release works and cable seems
> like it is ok.  But the safety release in the grill doesn't pop out and so when
> I pry at it with my fingertips I can get it open.  However when I pull on it
> nothing happens.
> 
> Any ideas?  I'll probably just bring it back to the mechanic this week any
> way.
> 
> Thx
> Dave
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