hood problems

hi everyone, im new to this elite club and a new and very proud owner of a '87 mk1 clipper with a manual hood. this question has probably been asked a million times but here goes. the hood on the car is sagging under the weight of the rear window, it closes well as does not leak and goes back with no issues whatsoever, but i just cant work out why it is sagging when fully closed, it has not always done this.

any ideas?

Welcome  Cable needs tightening

Could be….
..either the straps attached to the top of the rear window frame….



(details of the attachment to the window are on pages 3 and 12 of the following….

Hood_Replacement_hi_res (3.2Mb)


…and check that the hinge brackets at the bottom of the window frame are present and ok….

Welcome aboard mate  :y:

thanks everyone, will give it a go. it really is a vertical learning curve but cant wait to fight with it. happy days

cheers prowler that link looks like it will help big time, im guessing i can tighten those straps somehow

cheers again mate