Hi guys,
I had a slight, ahem, "incident" with my Waggy's hood when driving home from the parts store. I had driven there because the old battery hold down had dry rotted and fallen off. So, I bought a replacement and installed it in the parking lot. Well, come to find out the replacement hold down J hooks are pretty long and need to be cut down to size. In order to avoid poking a hole in my hood or leaving a dent, I just rested the hood in the shut position and decided to drive the mile and a half home. Well, lo & behold, on that little short journey I caught a gust of wind and my hood came flying up at me with alarming velocity! It made a loud bang, but stopped short of slamming into my windshield. When I got out to look at it, this is what I saw:
It looks like the rear support brace on the hood that the hood side of the hinges attaches to has partially separated from the hood itself. This added slop adds flex and means that my hood won't latch closed anymore.
Is the hood toast or can it be repaired? If so, how would one go about getting this repaired? Is that back brace glued on or is it supposed to be welded? I can't tell on mine anymore. Does anyone in the Houston, TX, area happen to have a good hood that they would like to sell me??
Thanks in advance!
I had a slight, ahem, "incident" with my Waggy's hood when driving home from the parts store. I had driven there because the old battery hold down had dry rotted and fallen off. So, I bought a replacement and installed it in the parking lot. Well, come to find out the replacement hold down J hooks are pretty long and need to be cut down to size. In order to avoid poking a hole in my hood or leaving a dent, I just rested the hood in the shut position and decided to drive the mile and a half home. Well, lo & behold, on that little short journey I caught a gust of wind and my hood came flying up at me with alarming velocity! It made a loud bang, but stopped short of slamming into my windshield. When I got out to look at it, this is what I saw:
It looks like the rear support brace on the hood that the hood side of the hinges attaches to has partially separated from the hood itself. This added slop adds flex and means that my hood won't latch closed anymore.
Is the hood toast or can it be repaired? If so, how would one go about getting this repaired? Is that back brace glued on or is it supposed to be welded? I can't tell on mine anymore. Does anyone in the Houston, TX, area happen to have a good hood that they would like to sell me??
Thanks in advance!
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