Hi all,
I have an extra CDE hood I will part with. It was a backup for
my C, I will install double safety latches. It is in the plywood crate as I
purchased it. I get discount trucking, recently shipped two CI torqueflite trans
to FL from SD county CA for reasonable cost.
Gary
Nelson
760.751.1958
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2022 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: {Chrysler 300} 300C hood latch
adjustment
Adding
a couple photos of 3N571001
at the January 2020 AZ Leake Auction - showing the prototype C’s latching system
Noel
On 03/25/2022 9:29 PM 'John Lazenby' via Chrysler 300 Club International
<chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I
might also add to John's comments that I've seen and spent a good amount of
time around 3N571001 which has many unusual items. One of those is dual
latch on each side of the hood and a release inside the car. This looked
rather complex and I'm sure the "bean counters" wouldn't go for it but I'd say
it was much more secure and safer at speed.
On Friday, March 25, 2022, 07:00:48 PM PDT, John Grady
<jkg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Henry put together wrong possibly ? Put nut on under side ?
They can blow open ,$ 10,000 won’t get you a 300 CDE hood , plus
breaks glass etc . Be very careful here . There are no hoods out there .
See forwardlookparts.com for info on second ( third ) catch . What
happens is wiggling at speed causes the bottom catch to let go , it
wiggles itself through ; if moving over about 60 mph wind gets under it and it
will slam right through the upper catch , wrecking car .
Bad design really !!! Race 300 had factory kits put in over this , locks
were added on both sides ( saw one at NM meet ) and famous picture of Daytona
speed run car shoes eye bolts and rope ! We know why ..
john
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On Mar 25, 2022, at 4:32 PM, Henry A. Mitchell III
<hamlll@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I need to adjust my 300C hood latch
so I read the C D E Hood Latch Adjustment article listed in the Tech
Department. I look down into the latch cavity and, indeed, there are two
catches. However, my hood pin seems short of reaching the lower latch. I can
get the hood pin to extend to the lower latch but the jam nut on the inside of
the hood (not the integral nut attached permanently to the hood itself) only
has one or two threads attaching it to the hood pin. That sems
counterintuitive, or wrong. Maybe I don’t have the factory hood pin or the
factory latch but they both look like they belong. My current hood pin is
about 4 inches long from the threaded end to the latch surface on the hood pin
head, or about 4 ½ inches end to end. The article mentions that the Club sells
a safety catch which may or may not include a longer hood pin or a shallower
latch. The article also mentions a pop-up spring, which I see in the Chrysler
manual, but what the manual shows is completely different than the 300
version.
What am I missing here? I could add
a second jam nut to the hood pin on the lower (read visible) side of the hood
pin to reinforce the jam nut that is up inside the hood. I really want to get
this right. I notice that the hood begins to waffle at about 60-70-80 mph.
Henry Mitchell
300C
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