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> Engine compartment lid adjustment
Jameel
post Mar 6 2016, 09:49 PM
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Short intro, as this is my first post and first 914. Picked this up late last year and am just now getting around to driving it now that the weather is starting to turn. Pretty decent shape overall, but needs a lot of little stuff to make it good.

One major annoyance (besides the tail shifter!) has been the engine compartment lid. It's got some issues. The right side dips down below the level of the rear window rubber, not sure why. The mount look stock, and in decent shape. I guess the lid could be bent. But the big problem is the engine lid hits the rear lid's forward edge, and it has chipped the paint. I loosened the bolt under the right hinge but I've reached the travel limit of the slot. I'm as far forward as possible and it's still contacting the rear deck lid. So next I adjusted the rear deck lid hinge rearwards. This did the trick, but it's a temporary fix, obviously, since it looks awful. I'm hoping to avoid body work here, but I'm thinking I need to remove the engine lid entirely to sort this out.

Any suggestions?


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Jameel   Engine compartment lid adjustment   Mar 6 2016, 09:49 PM
zambezi   Yup remove the lid completely. You will probably ...   Mar 6 2016, 10:06 PM
Bruce Hinds   Yup remove the lid completely. You will probably...   Mar 7 2016, 06:56 AM
Blue6   As far as the engine lid dipping down, it appears ...   Mar 6 2016, 10:22 PM
cwpeden   Trunk hinge base is broken too?   Mar 6 2016, 10:27 PM
rgalla9146   Trunk hinge base is broken too? I agree. ...   Mar 7 2016, 10:33 AM
abes914   hi. i dont have recommendations since i have the s...   Mar 7 2016, 02:31 AM
Jameel   Thanks everybody. The trunk hinges seems fine. I...   Mar 7 2016, 07:48 AM
Jameel   Ran out quick this am to check. Sure enough. My br...   Mar 7 2016, 08:27 AM
Montreal914   Restoration Design sells the brackets. As for othe...   Mar 7 2016, 10:15 AM
Kansas 914   Restoration Design sells the brackets. :agree: ...   Mar 7 2016, 10:36 AM
Bruce Hinds   A good Mig Welder might be able to repair that one...   Mar 7 2016, 10:32 AM
Jameel   Thanks for the tips. Ordering up some new brackets...   Mar 7 2016, 12:14 PM
RobW   Thanks for the tips. Ordering up some new bracket...   Mar 7 2016, 12:16 PM
RobW   These 2 areas break on even the best cars. Best to...   Mar 7 2016, 12:15 PM
rgalla9146   These 2 areas break on even the best cars. Best t...   Mar 7 2016, 05:41 PM
dangrouche   I have the identical problem. I fixed it without...   Mar 7 2016, 10:14 PM
Jameel   Thanks for the alignment tips, and the temp fix id...   Mar 8 2016, 07:44 AM


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