Fitting engine lid

[smpiers]

I cannot get my engine lid to fit well at all. Is there a secret? I have moved it around as much as I can. The lid wants to hit the rear trunk lid.

Shane

[JmuRiz]

Try adjusting the rear trunk lid. It's easier to mess with that than the engine lid IMHO. An extra set of hands to wrestle the trunk is a good idea, good luck

Nathan

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'73 2.0 914

[guards73/2.0]

Sometimes the "L" brackets that the engine lid bolt to break their welds at the top and bend rearward, causing a clearance problem with the lid-to trunk clearance. I'd check those welds

[kingjp914]

I had the same problem once. The passenger side L-bracket cracked at the fillet and bent downward. It shifted the lid to the point where it wouldn't close unless I pushed the lid forward and then downward. I ended up removing the lid, had my buddy re-weld the bracket and then we put the cover back on. The cover didn't want fit well at all so I made the slotted holes a bit bigger on the engine cover. Two sets of hands was the key though. I just couldn't get it to fit by myself.