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reholmes
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FEB 03, 03:59 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Rick 88:
I thought the Mera hood is just an overlay on a stock Fiero hood. So are you able to lower the hood latch in the opening to get the hood to line up? Pics please! |
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Well, I have yet to try, but the latch mechanism appears to be adjustable.
Captive nuts on latch frame:
Cap screws on firewall:
Cap screws on firewall 2:
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Rodney
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FEB 03, 05:00 PM
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This is most likely a common problem on all the Mera’s and copies of. The hood warps over time and those corners lift. This is from the latch pulling the hood down in the middle. The sides warp up over time. My fix was a few things. One winter I had my tires off. I put something like a piece of wood over the latch area to hold the hood open some, closed the hood and put a tire (with a towel under it) on each side of the hood over these corners. Over several months it helped warp the hood back into a better original shape. I may have added some more weight over that time frame. I took out the hood latch and filed the slots so I had additional adjustability or I added spacer washers under the loop on the hood. It has been a long time and I can not remember now. I wanted to just have the latch grab with little or no pressure pulling down. I adjusted the hood latch so it just latched when the hood was slowly lowered down. I also raised the front of the hod slightly. The trade off is the hood likes to wobble some when driving. Several years (8-9 or more) have passed now and it is still about the same since I did that the one winter. This fix takes time. It can not be done quickly. I did mine over maybe 6 months or more.
Rodney Dickman
1988 Mera
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Rodney
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FEB 03, 05:17 PM
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Not a good close up but my hood is aligned pretty well. Just over the center of the wheels the hood is slightly lower than the fenders. I also forgot one thing. I took the front trunk gasket out. Put in small putty cones and found what the gap was. I bought some generic gasket material and glued it on so my gasket just touches the underside of the front hood with a thin gasket that does not want to push up the hood. That also helped some. The OEM GM gasket seemed to be a tight fit when the hood was down.
Rodney Dickman
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Rodney
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FEB 03, 05:19 PM
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To open my front hood I have to have my drivers side door open. I stand in front of the open drivers side door and reach in and pull the release lever while I lift the hood.
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batousai666
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FEB 03, 06:12 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by batousai666:
MAN!
check it out. updated pictures.
Mera 7064. stickered
old school C.C. silver badge
with a soo cool patina if you will.
i soo totally want this car!!!!!!!!!
i was in the market for a paint of something anyway.
later i am gonna go drool over that 87 ebay one.
Dan
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AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
$9,000!!!!!!!!!!!
and with me facing a possible lack of work lay off Friday.
Damn.
freakin' economy!  [This message has been edited by batousai666 (edited 02-03-2010).]
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batousai666
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FEB 03, 06:22 PM
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maybe this link will show.
bump to the front.
Anybody???
$9000 aint too much is it?
ohhh....i hope it is not me on the lay-off list Friday.
bet!.....if you all do not buy this, i will sometime Saturday, with a "get low payments" finance bid deal.
yeah.....
any body know if its a full moon tonite??
i need the stars on my side.
chat-ya later,
D
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Rick 88
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FEB 03, 07:22 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Rodney:
Not a good close up but my hood is aligned pretty well. Just over the center of the wheels the hood is slightly lower than the fenders. I also forgot one thing. I took the front trunk gasket out. Put in small putty cones and found what the gap was. I bought some generic gasket material and glued it on so my gasket just touches the underside of the front hood with a thin gasket that does not want to push up the hood. That also helped some. The OEM GM gasket seemed to be a tight fit when the hood was down.
Rodney Dickman |
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Can you describe what you roof treatment is? What kind of rearview mirrors are you using? The hood realignment idea seems like it would be better to do during warmer weather.[This message has been edited by Rick 88 (edited 02-03-2010).]
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reholmes
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FEB 04, 12:13 AM
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Rodney,
Thanks for the tips!
Dick
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batousai666
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FEB 04, 05:56 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by batousai666:
maybe this link will show.
bump to the front.
Anybody???
$9000 aint too much is it?
ohhh....i hope it is not me on the lay-off list Friday.
bet!.....if you all do not buy this, i will sometime Saturday, with a "get low payments" finance bid deal.
yeah.....
any body know if its a full moon tonite??
i need the stars on my side.
chat-ya later,
D
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too late. sold for $7000.
sunofa.....
i cannot believe it went for that.
wow.
i was gonna offer $8,000. too bad.
is it one of "us" that got it??
Later,
Dan[This message has been edited by batousai666 (edited 02-04-2010).]
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Rodney
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FEB 04, 09:31 AM
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I have a fake Targa top. It is vinyl roof with the typical vinyl roof strip along the front edge. The previous owner had this installed. Looks OK. If I had a hard top Mera I probably would not do it. I would badge mine as a GTB.
I have Vitalonie electric Turbo Mirrors. Impossible to find today even used. My electrical engineer friend made me a diagram and I wired several relays up to make them work with the Fiero electric mirror switch.
Rodney Dickman
1988 Mera #8110[This message has been edited by Rodney (edited 02-04-2010).]
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