[DML] Re:Engine Cover Hinges... more

[deloreanernst@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 1/8/2009 6:20:18 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx writes:

Can  anyone recommend a way to remove the hinges that connect
> the Engine  Cover to the Car?  They are one of the only bad
> parts on my car  and I want to clean them up or replace them
> but I can't figure out how  to remove them????



By now you've heard how to take them off... let me add that you should look  
carefully at how the cargo net brackets mount before you take them  off.  
They're in an awkward place, I think I moved and tilted the seat  forward to put a 
foot inside the car to reach in there. So you end up glancing  at it for a 
second to see where the screw head is and do the rest by feel, up  under the 
edge without really seeing the layout. They're an unusual design, and  if you 
just take them all off in a big hurry, then don't get around to finishing  the 
job for a month, you won't remember how the heck they go back in. I don't  have 
my notes here at work, but as I recall, the backer board is held between  the 
two short prongs. 
Also, there is a little play in the location of the four hinge screws at  the 
engine cover. If you don't check first and adjust, they may cause the engine  
cover to rub against the rear fascia. I got new hinges from P. J. Grady. For  
awhile they were unavailable. 
 
Wayne A.  Ernst
vin  11174
DMCTech
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCTech/
**************New year...new news.  Be the first to know what is making 
headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


------------------------------------

To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address:
moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx

For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com

To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/

<*> Your email settings:
    Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join
    (Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
    mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/