Refit

Refit

1. With assistance, position hood frame and fit screws finger tight.
2. With assistance, lift each hood hinge up and forward, as far as possible, before tightening screws to 22 Nm.
3. Fit hood ram inspection covers to rear quarter trim panel and secure turnbuckles.
4. Fit hood hinge covers and secure with screws.
5. Raise hood frame onto 50mm blocks placed on top of each 'B' post.

6. Position rearward headlining bow to hood frame and secure with pop rivets through bracket holes 'A'.

7. Position forward headlining bow to hood frame and secure with pop rivets through bracket holes 'B'.
8. Fit cantrail seals.
9. Position outer covering, complete with all bonded – in components, to hood frame.
10. Position header rail to frame locations.
11. Fit cantrail seal clamps and fit header screws finger tight.
12. Position header rail centrally in its slotted mountings before tightening screws.
13. Position sides of hood interlayer to frame, fit washers to pop rivets and rivet interlayer to frame.
14. Position cantrail tensioning cables and fit adjusting nuts only to rearmost position of cable thread.
15. Apply adhesive to hood frame rear spar and mating surface of interlayer.
16. Align holes in interlayer and hood frame rear spar before making adhesive bond.
17. Position backlight zip to hood frame and secure with pop rivets.

18. Fit brass washers to spigots on 'D' post brackets.
19. Position 'D' post brackets to hood frame.
20. Fit washers and secure 'D' post brackets with screws.
21. Position outer covering clamp rail to hood frame rear spar.
22. Fit washers to outboard studs and secure clamp rail with nuts. Position headlining rear retainer rail to hood frame and secure with pop rivets.
23. Position rear quarter brackets to body and secure with bolts.
24. Fit corner finishers to hood rear quarters and use a bradawl to align screw holes before fitting finisher screws.
25. Remove protective covering from backlight.
26. Lift backlight into position and secure top edge with zip.

Manual hood

27. Position hood strut trunnions to frame.
28. Fit Belville washer to inside of each strut trunnion before fitting clevis pins and retaining clips.

All models

29. Lower hood fully.
30. Apply adhesive to forward edge of headlining and mating face of header rail.
31. Align screw holes in headlining and header rail before making adhesive bond.
32. Secure trim studs in headlining to hood handles.
33. Position seal retainer to header rail and secure with screws.
34. Engage header seal in retainer.
35. Adjust header rail.

Power hood

36. Raise hood onto 50mm wooden block placed on centre of front header.
37. Lift hood rams manually to their fully extended positions.