HOOD
REMOVAL
(1) Raise hood to full up position.
(2) Mark all bolt and hinge attachment locations
with a grease pencil or other suitable device to pro-
vide reference marks for installation.
(3) Remove the top bolts attaching hood to hinge
and loosen the bottom bolts until they can be
removed by hand (Fig. 2).
(4) With assistance from a helper at the opposite
side of the vehicle to support the hood, remove bot-
tom bolts attaching hood to hinge. Remove the hood
from the vehicle.
INSTALLATION
(1) Place hood in position on vehicle. With assis-
tance from a helper at the opposite side of the vehicle
to support the hood, install bottom bolts attaching
hood to hinge finger tight.
(2) Install top bolts to attach hood to hinge finger
tight. When installing hood, align all marks and
secure bolts. The hood should be aligned to 4 mm
(0.160 in.) gap to the front fenders and flush across
the top surfaces along fenders.
(3)
Position bolts at marks and tighten bolts to 22.6
to 33.9 N·m (200 to 300 in. lbs.) torque. The hood should
be aligned to 4 mm (0.160 in.) gap to the front fenders
and flush across the top surfaces along fenders.
(4) Verify hood operation and alignment.
LATCH
REMOVAL
(1) Release hood latch and open hood.
(2) Remove nuts attaching hood latch to cross-
member (Fig. 3)or (Fig. 4).
(3) Remove hood latch from crossmember.
(4) Disconnect hood release cable from hood latch.
INSTALLATION
(1) Connect hood release cable to hood latch.
(2) Place hood latch in position on crossmember.
(3) Install nuts attaching hood latch to crossmem-
ber. Tighten nuts to 22.6 to 33.9 N·m (200 to 300 in.
lbs.) torque.
(4) Verify hood latch operation before closing hood.
Fig. 2 HOOD
1 - HOOD
2 - HOOD HINGE
3 - GAS PROP
4 - BOLTS
Fig. 3 HOOD LATCH - CONCORDE/300M
1 - HOOD BUMPER ADJUSTER
2 - HOOD RELEASE CABLE CLIPS
3 - NUTS
4 - HOOD LATCH
LH HOOD 23 - 41
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