SEQUENCE OF WORKS
1. Open the hood and place a clean rag under the corners to protect the vehicle's paintwork when removing the hood.
Fig. 17.5. Marking the position of the hinges on the hood
2. Use a marker to mark the positions of the hinges on the hood (Fig. 17.5).
3. Release the windshield washer hoses from the hood mountings and carefully remove them from the washer nozzles.
4. Ask assistants to hold the hood open on both sides, unscrew the bolts securing the hinges to the hood and remove the hood.
5. Using two people, install the hood and tighten the hood hinge mounting bolts by hand, aligning the hood hinges with the marks made earlier
6. Close the hood and adjust its position. Carefully open the hood and tighten the hood mounting bolts.
Adjusting the hood position
Fig. 17.6. Hood: 1 – hood; 2 – Bolt with U-shaped washer; 3 – hood hinge; 4, 5 – gaskets; 6 – mounting clamp; 7 – rubber stop; 8 – hood lock release lever; 9 – hood lock release cable mounting clamp; 10 – hood lock release cable; 11 – Bolt with U-shaped washer; 12 – hood lock; 13 – rubber insert; 14 – hood stop; 15 – rivet; 16 – bonnet support fastening; 17 – Bolt with U-shaped washer; 18 – air intake
Before installing the new hood, transfer the parts from the old hood to it (Fig. 17.6).
SEQUENCE OF WORKS
1. Loosen the bolts securing the hood lock and hinges.
2. Close the hood and check its position relative to adjacent surfaces. Adjust the position of the hood so that when the hood is closed, the gap around the perimeter of the hood is the same on all sides.
3. Screw the rubber stops into the hood on the left and right front sides.
4. Close the hood and, pressing on its lock, set the hood at the same level with the wings. Then unscrew the rubber stops so that the hood has minimal pre-tension in the closed position.
5. Tighten the hood lock mounting bolts and hinge mounting bolts. Close the hood and readjust if necessary.
6. From a height of about 20 cm, release the hood - under the force of gravity, the hood should close completely. At least at a small height, the hook should snap into place. Otherwise, lift the hood lock up a little.
Replacing the hood release cable
The hood lock is opened by a cable that runs from the hood lock into the passenger compartment through the left side of the engine compartment and the engine compartment bulkhead. The cable is attached to the left side near the steering column to the hood lock release lever (see Fig. 17.6).
SEQUENCE OF WORKS
1. Mark the position and remove the hood lock.
2. Remove the hood release cable from the upper cross member.
3. Disconnect the hood release cable from the hood release lever.
4. Tie a thin long cord to the cable. Pull the hood release cable into the car and untie the cord from it, leaving it in the engine compartment partition. Later, the cord will be needed to pull the hood release cable back into place.
5. Tie the hood release cable to the cord and pull it out of the car through the engine compartment bulkhead. Secure the new cable to the hood release lever.
6. Route the cable through the engine compartment and secure it to the hood latch.
7. If necessary, adjust the position of the hood after installing the hood lock.
PRACTICAL ADVICE
Bonnet release cable breakage
If the cable has broken on the opening lever in the passenger compartment, try to grab the end of the cable with pliers or combination pliers and pull it out. If the cable has broken near the hood lock, grab the lock lever with a strong wire hook through the gap between the hood and the radiator grille and pull it to the right. The hook will open easily if at this point you press lightly on the hood near the lock.
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