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the hood began to catch on the forward edge of the grill panel ( scuttle ?) in front of the windscreen, only on the way up. checked the FSM's and took the scuttle panel off and checked the hood hinges - not adjustable , but loosened them off and used a hammer and a block of wood to make sure they were as forward as possible - then tightened back up replaced the scuttle , making sure it was into the tabs under the windscreen and screwed down tight - the hood still caught on the way up took the hood off and discovered that there seem to be NO adjustment at the hood end of the hinges either, as the nuts are all captive on the hood flange side, Also the front holes in the hood hinges are NOT elongated while the rear hole on each - (closest to the windscreen) IS elongated on each arm by about 2mm (1/8") max horizontally , WT !! ??? the bolts fill the front hinge bracket holes 98% - when just inserted through these bracket holes - there is no "wiggle" up and down when I try them by hand -- and there is only 1-2mm horizontally ONLY on the one rear hole per arm, , which is pointless when ALL the holes on the bonnet side are welded-on captive nuts., . So how to fix other than by drilling elongated holes in the hood end of the hinges ? and if so - in what direction to elongate ? front one only down on both arms ( to lift the rear edge of the hood ) or BOTH forward ( to move whole hood away from the windscreen) anything that I am missing here ?