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Service Manual

ADJUSTMENTS




1. Check hood to fender gap.
2. Loosen hinge to cowl bolts and adjust hood side to side, if necessary.
3. Tighten bolts to 23 N.m (17 ft.lbs.).
4. Check hood to fender flushness.
5. Loosen hinge to hood nuts and adjust hood up and down, if necessary.
6. Tighten nuts to 23 N.m (17 ft.lbs.).

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7. Loosen safety latch bolts. (Fig. 2)
8. Adjust latch to align with hood latch, if necessary.
9. Tighten safety latch bolts.
10. Loosen safety latch striker pin lock nut and adjust striker pin up and down to adjust front of hood to fender flushness.
11. Tighten lock nut fully.
12. Adjust hood slam bumpers up or down if necessary.