Hood issue - 2003-04 Mach 1 Registry Owners Club

AzureRCode · 06-22-2005, 07:45 PM

The front passenger side of my hood is almost a 1/2 inch to high when closed. The alignment looks terrible to me. The car was not wrecked. I tried to lower the black stopper on that side, but it was not even touching the hood. I then tried to lower the latch assembly to pull the hood down tighter. I took the two 8mm bolts out of it, and found out there is no adjustment on the latch. My shaker is not raised, and no intake spacer yet. Anybody have any ideas?

G · 06-22-2005, 09:23 PM

Did you check for cracks in the hood itself?

roush2k2 · 06-23-2005, 02:42 PM

You could try raising the driver side stop a bit to lower the passenger side. If this is something new (not that way when you bought it) then it could be warped. Check the clearance around the shaker and make sure it is uniform on both sides.

4V FURY · 06-24-2005, 12:30 AM

there was a recall on earlier mustangs (99-01?) for hood seperation. check with your dealer before doing anything else. if they see that someone was monkeying around with it they could tell you to go pound salt!

06-22-2005, 07:45 PM	#1
AzureRCode Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 24	Hood issue The front passenger side of my hood is almost a 1/2 inch to high when closed. The alignment looks terrible to me. The car was not wrecked. I tried to lower the black stopper on that side, but it was not even touching the hood. I then tried to lower the latch assembly to pull the hood down tighter. I took the two 8mm bolts out of it, and found out there is no adjustment on the latch. My shaker is not raised, and no intake spacer yet. Anybody have any ideas? __________________ 2003 Mach1, Azure Blue, 5 Speed, IUP Born 06-05-03

06-22-2005, 09:23 PM	#2
G Undocumented Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Enterprise, AL Posts: 15,828	Re: Hood issue Did you check for cracks in the hood itself? __________________ _____________________________________________ 2003 Mach1 AB 5spd 2004 Mach1 TR 5spd (sold) 1933 Ford 3W Coupe (4.6 dohc Stack Injection) 2003 Cobra TR (sold) 2014 Mustang GT (Track Pack) in Black

06-23-2005, 02:42 PM	#3
roush2k2 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Sebastian, FL Posts: 128	Re: Hood issue You could try raising the driver side stop a bit to lower the passenger side. If this is something new (not that way when you bought it) then it could be warped. Check the clearance around the shaker and make sure it is uniform on both sides. __________________ #1 '04 Competition Orange Mach 1 Vin # 1FAFP42R24F137829 #2 '02 Torch Red Roush Stage 2 Vert #3 '01 Lincoln Navigator w/ all the goodies

06-24-2005, 12:30 AM	#4
4V FURY Lite Poster Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: ohio Posts: 1,382	Re: Hood issue there was a recall on earlier mustangs (99-01?) for hood seperation. check with your dealer before doing anything else. if they see that someone was monkeying around with it they could tell you to go pound salt! __________________ SOLD COMPETITION ORANGE 04 MACH1 Naturally Aspirdated Boss330 heads/cams/intake + VT 324" shortblock 11.34 @ 125.62 on ET streets CRT-PERFORMANCE tuned Congrats to Redliner who has taken it to a best ET of 10.97 @ 124

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