Generation 1 Hood Hinges
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If someone's over-oiled the hinges the hinge assembly won't hold the hood up. It doesn't take much lube to ruin everything. Degrease the hinge joints if you think they've been oiled.
If that's not the answer, take a look at whether there's a way to rotate the center pin that the inner end of the coiled hood spring is connected to, to try and put more preload on the hinge springs. I don't think that pin is made to easily be rotated of course, it might be spot welded or something, but if it can be rotated one way or the other it'll put more tension on the spring.
Somebody put it all together in the 'hood spring factory' right? So it is an assembly that might be able to be 'adjusted'.
I took a long look at mine a few years ago trying to see how it all went together etc. but the details are fuzzy at the moment. Give it all a good look down where the spring is..
If that's not the answer, take a look at whether there's a way to rotate the center pin that the inner end of the coiled hood spring is connected to, to try and put more preload on the hinge springs. I don't think that pin is made to easily be rotated of course, it might be spot welded or something, but if it can be rotated one way or the other it'll put more tension on the spring.
Somebody put it all together in the 'hood spring factory' right? So it is an assembly that might be able to be 'adjusted'.
I took a long look at mine a few years ago trying to see how it all went together etc. but the details are fuzzy at the moment. Give it all a good look down where the spring is..
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First thing I would do is degrease the assembly completely. There are a couple of threads about it a while back, but I want to say they used a lithium lube after everything was cleaned up, BUT hit the search button first!
The hinges on my newly acquired ACR are really stiff, so I'm adding a little 3 in 1 oil, but not much (!).
I started a thread regarding oiling the hinges a few yrs ago after oiling my hinges on a Viper less than a yr old and finding the hood wouldn't stay up!
Might be better to oil a little at a time with a lightweight oil, than to find yourself trying to remove grease later if it's too much lube.
I used Gumout with long tube in the nozzle to degrease carefully covering areas around where I was spraying.
I started a thread regarding oiling the hinges a few yrs ago after oiling my hinges on a Viper less than a yr old and finding the hood wouldn't stay up!
Might be better to oil a little at a time with a lightweight oil, than to find yourself trying to remove grease later if it's too much lube.
I used Gumout with long tube in the nozzle to degrease carefully covering areas around where I was spraying.
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