Hood Not Closing Properly

[LoveOfCountry]

The passengers side of multiple hood does not latch closed properly. I purchased it like this thinking it would be an easy adjustment but looking at it in depth now, maybe not so much. Looks like the air intake is sitting too high. There is a way to adjust it about a half an inch which I already did. It still sits a solid 1” or more above where tone hood should close. Anyone experience this?

 

[Karl kostman]

Is this one Deuce? If you have adjusted it down as far as it goes then this piece is probably not the correct one, either find the correct one for this application or if you can cut this one off. First make sure you have everything else where and how it should be look at the TM it will deny or confirm your setup!

 

[LoveOfCountry]

Is this one Deuce? If you have adjusted it down as far as it goes then this piece is probably not the correct one, either find the correct one for this application or if you can cut this one off. First make sure you have everything else where and how it should be look at the TM it will deny or confirm your setup!

Yes should have stated this at the start. This is a 1990 M923 A2.

 

[WillWagner]

If a cab mount goes away the clearance under the hood will go away.

 

[LoveOfCountry]

If a cab mount goes away the clearance under the hood will go away.

Not sure what you are referring to “cab mount?”The hood isn’t closing properly bc it’s hitting the top of the heater blower intake.

 

[Mullaney]

Not sure what you are referring to “cab mount?”The hood isn’t closing properly bc it’s hitting the top of the heater blower intake.

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The rubber bushings that the cab of the truck sits on. Are they still there? With age, they deteriorate. Same thing with the M108x and M107x trucks. The rubber fails eventually and things settle that shouldn't...

That is what @WillWagner was referring to.

 

[LoveOfCountry]

Yes that has full rubber and I adjusted it as far down as possible. Seems it’s that top intake? Part of the heater box blower as shown in the pic above. Weird.

 

[Mullaney]

Yes that has full rubber and I adjusted it as far down as possible. Seems it’s that top intake? Part of the heater box blower as shown in the pic above. Weird.

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Right but what we were suggesting is that the mounting point where the cab tilt rotates could possibly different (height) than the 4 bushings that support the truck cab. Those two parts are not attached - except with the two latches on the sides of the cab and hood.

 

[LoveOfCountry]

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Right but what we were suggesting is that the mounting point where the cab tilt rotates could possibly different (height) than the 4 bushings that support the truck cab. Those two parts are not attached - except with the two latches on the sides of the cab and hood.

Ok I think I’m tracking. I’ll take a look today. New to the M923 so figuring it out as I go. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[WillWagner]

Is the heater box mounted to the cab or chassis?

 

[LoveOfCountry]

Is the heater box mounted to the cab or chassis?

Firewall of the cab

 

[WillWagner]

Rules out cab mounts. There is an NSN/PN printed on the horn, maybe you can run that and see if is the correct part for your truck.