Hood: Adjustments

41 61 014 Aligning Hood Lid

NOTE:
- Engine hood was fitted and bolted in an unfinished body shell.
- Unpainted surfaces become visible after subsequent movement.
- These surfaces must be touched up with paint in the body color.

NOTE:
- The Bowden cable which connects both hood lid locks must be completely seated in the guide in the lock on the left and right.
- If this is not the case, the Bowden cable will slip in the guide in the lock after the release lever is pulled and the locks will not open.







- Preliminary work:
Unscrew detent buffers from left and right sides of hood lid.







Move stop disk of hood lid kidney to position "0".
"0" points in direction of travel.







Check initial adjustment of left and right lockpins and adjust if necessary.
Measurement (A) = 60 mm.







Check stop screw of hood lid hinge on left and right.
The plastic head of the stop screw must not be damaged or missing; replace hood lid hinge if necessary.







- Fitting in hood lid:
a) Gap measurements to side walls
Release screws (1) and (2) of hinge on left and right until hinge can be moved.

NOTE: If the adjusting range is not sufficient, loosen hood lid mounting bolts on body and adjust hinge on body.







Release screws of hood lock upper section on left and right until hood lock upper section can be moved.







Release screws of retaining hook on left and right until retaining hook can be moved.







Close hood lid slowly.
Align hood lid to side panels at front and side.







Align hood lid against front side panels.
The hood lid should close flush with the front side panels beside the headlights.
Tolerance - 1 mm, i.e. the hood lid must be set 1 mm back from the side panels.







Align hood lid against front side panels.
The hood lid beside the windshield should seal flush with the side panels at the front.
1 = Front lid
2 = Side panel, front
This is a result of adjustment of hood lid beside headlights.

Adjustment of hood lid next to headlights must always be within specified tolerance range.

Raise hood lid.
Tighten down released screws on hood lid again.







b) Height to side walls, front Close hood lid slowly.
Locks and retaining hooks must snap correctly into place.
Hood lid must be at same height as front side walls.







Unscrew nut (1) and turn lockpin (2) to adjust height of the engine hood.







Close hood lid and check adjustment.
Adjust hood lid to same height on both side walls.







Raise hood lid.
Tighten down lock nut (1) again.







b) Height to side walls, rear
Release screws of hinge on left and right until hinge can be vertically adjusted.







Close hood lid slowly.
Align height of hood lid to side walls at front.
Point (1) = measurement (A) = 100 mm.
Height of hood lid to side wall: - 0.8 ± 0.5 mm,
i.e., hood lid is 0.8 mm lower than side wall.
Hood lid may deviate from specification by 0.5 mm higher or 0.5 lower.







Align height of hood lid to side walls at front.
Point (2) = measurement (B) = 150 mm.
Height of hood lid to side wall: - 0.3(+0, .3, 08) mm,
i.e. hood lid is 0.3 mm lower than side wall.
Hood lid may deviate from specification by 0.3 mm higher or 0.8 lower.
There is a continuous transition of the height of the hood lid to the side wall within the specified measurements between (1) and (2).

Raise hood lid.
Tighten down released screws on hinges again.

Lower hood lid several times so that the locks can be centered.

CAUTION: Do not let the hood lid lock.







Tighten down screws of hood lock upper section on left and right.







Pull retaining hook as far as possible in direction of travel.







Position lever of retaining hook in center of gap in kidney.
Check retaining hook for ease of movement; correct position if necessary.
Close hood lid slowly and make sure retaining hook does not touch any point and that it snaps correctly into place.
Retaining hook is thus centered.

Raise hood lid.
Tighten down screws of retaining hook.

CAUTION: Always check that the retaining hook is working properly!







- Adjustment of stop screw of hood lid hinge:
Stop screw (1) set to measurement (A).
Measurement (A) = 9.5 mm.







Place a strip of paper (normal writing paper) (1) between stop screw (2) and stop on hood lid hinge.







Close hood lid.
While doing so, make sure paper strip remains between stop screw and stop on hood lid hinge.
The stop screw is correctly adjusted when the paper strip (1) can be pulled out "with suction".







This adjustment is made by turning the stop screw.







If the paper strip can be pulled out "with suction", unscrew the stop screw (1) by measurement (B).
Measurement (B) = 1.0 mm, corresponding to 1.0 turns.







- Adjustment of headlights to hood lid:
Check gap measurements of hood lid to kidney, headlights and turn signal indicators and correct.

Release headlights at mounting points and adjust to prescribed gap measurement to hood lid.
Procedure, refer to Removing and installing/replacing and adjusting complete left headlight.







After adjusting gap measurement, visually inspect gap to ensure it is uniform.
Procedure:
Position yourself in central position approx. 2 - 3 meters in front of car.
The now visible light gap must run between hood lid and headlight at the same width and parallel to the hood lid.
Adjust gap measurement if necessary.