Hood won't close

aarolar · Feb 25, 2013

Can anyone tell me why my hood won't close flush? The latches work well but the hinge side of the hood sticks up about 1/2 all the way down. I can provide pictures if needed.

Inno · Feb 25, 2013

A picture..........maybe the model and year of your tractor so we know what you're talking about.

aarolar · Feb 25, 2013

'55 TO-35 I just assumed the hood mechanism was similar among them all.

s19438 · Feb 25, 2013

two button hood ?
if so it could be the button latch and the latch attached to hood are not mating up.
mine did the same as yours until i took a hammer to the latch attached to hood and nudged it in a bit.

be gentle if possible with the hammer.

maxwell99 · Feb 26, 2013

the center hood opening on my 1957 TO-35 shuts good now, but it still rattles sometimes.
I keep a piece of soft rubber mat under it to slow the rattle down some, have to move it around from time to time.

i have has to reweld the main supports on the hood once or twice over the years.

you might check them, these are the pieces that are part of the main hood, that go across under the small flip up hood. They are under a lot of vibration pressure and will break, that may be why you small flip hood is not level with the main hood when its shut.

mine looks good per fit, but it still rattles some. i have just learned to live with it.

when they put the screw down on the next generation hood it was a major improvement.

Hood won't close

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