The Ford Barn

dave11 · 03-05-2016, 06:24 PM

Since I bought this 30 coupe, the fit of the hood has annoyed me. It is parallel to the radiator and fits close to the cowl along the top, however at the bottom of the cowl there is gap of about 1/2 - 5/8".
One Model a expert said to check that the radiator is not mounted too high. Turns out there has about 5/16" of rubber shims under the radiator mounting brackets, which I removed. This is when I found out the reason for the rubber shims...when they were removed the bottom radiator hose hits the cross member, also the bottom of the radiator is touching the top of the crank lever housing.
OFF to the local rad shop where bottom tank of the rad was moved up 3/8". After re assembling with only a thin rubber pad at the mounts,.....no more clearance issues at the bottom of the rad.
However this did not make a huge difference to the hood alignment problem.
Another suggestion was to lift the front of the body...although the fit of the doors is good, I don't want to disturb this.
I am wondering if the frame could be bent??

Dave

03-05-2016, 06:24 PM	#1
dave11 Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lillooet BC Canada Posts: 59	Hood alignment Since I bought this 30 coupe, the fit of the hood has annoyed me. It is parallel to the radiator and fits close to the cowl along the top, however at the bottom of the cowl there is gap of about 1/2 - 5/8". One Model a expert said to check that the radiator is not mounted too high. Turns out there has about 5/16" of rubber shims under the radiator mounting brackets, which I removed. This is when I found out the reason for the rubber shims...when they were removed the bottom radiator hose hits the cross member, also the bottom of the radiator is touching the top of the crank lever housing. OFF to the local rad shop where bottom tank of the rad was moved up 3/8". After re assembling with only a thin rubber pad at the mounts,.....no more clearance issues at the bottom of the rad. However this did not make a huge difference to the hood alignment problem. Another suggestion was to lift the front of the body...although the fit of the doors is good, I don't want to disturb this. I am wondering if the frame could be bent?? Dave