Drove my Swinger up to Tucson today(about 65 miles) and it ran great the whole way. When I pulled into the mall,I decided to pop the hood(Like I have a hundred times before,nothing different this time) and give everything a good once over for leak and such. Everything looked ok so I went to close the hood and the drivers side wouldnt budge.

I carefully drove the car across the street to the Dodge dealership(with the hood up) where I was hoping I could find an old school tech who might know about these old things. This has NEVER happened to me so I didnt know what to do or how to fix it.

A service advisor gave it a shot. He squirted some WD-40 on the hinge area while I attempted to gently push down. It worked,but now my hood sits up on the drivers corner. Is this repairable or does another hinge need to be installed? If this is repairable,what do I need to do to remedy it? The hood opens and closes now with no problem but that corner wont sit down. Ive tried pushing on it and I get nothing.

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My Dart's hood did that a couple of years ago.
The hood spring was so rusted on the inside of the coils that it just locked and I couldn't get it down.
I took the hinge off and soaked the spring with PB blaster to break the rust loose.
After a couple of days, I cleaned the PB off and sprayed a lot of Teflon lubricant into the coils.
Once you get it freed up, make sure to spray the coils a couple of times per year to keep them moving freely.

So you think the coils are just in need of lube? Ive opened the hood on this car at least 3 times daily(The shift rods get caught up between 1st and 2nd gear at times)and its never given me this trouble. Im gonna try shooting some lube on it to see if I cant get to settle down.

It may have moved out of adjustment oil and reset. loosen rear bolt on hood and push up on front of hood if you see the hood come down on rear bolt it moved. It might take a little time to get it right. Tighten rear bolt with hood held up.

it's possible that the guy that helped you may have bent the hood,make sure there are no bends,kinks around the hinge, I'd take the spring off the hinge and soak it with PB blaster,clean it and keep working it it untill is free and easy to move,then pop the spring back on, easiest way to remove the spring is with hood open, slide tight stack of cards between each coil of spring and then you'll be able to remove spring very easy, hope that helps

The hinges have no adjustment at all since they are attached to the door casing with two studs and some retaining washers.

My dart was like that when I bought it off my brother. The hinge was flexing out to the side and starting to rub the paint off the edge of the fender when you tried to close the hood. I tore the car apart for paint and just had the hinges rebuild. The hinge moved freely when I took it off so I can't say for sure what it was that caused it to stick up like that. Maybe the spring has slipped or is stuck in one spot?

no, the adjustment is on the hood, the bolt closest to the windshield has up and down adjustment.

I bet it slipped.

I had the same thing happen to me about 3 months after putting a new engine in. I was checking the oil and went to put the hood down, and it was all screwed up...... I loosened the rear bolt, and played with it a bit, then tightened it back down, and wallah! no more problems.

Check the obvious, and easiest before you go tearing your car completely apart.

I bet if you look down at the hinge it is bent, a-bodys do this all the time, if you look carefully when you close the hood they bow out slightly, if some thing sticks or binds, this slight bow out turns into a bend and the hinges are more then likely junk...

Fortunately they are the same (I think) for most a-bodies; this is an issue if everything is "perfect" but the fender keeps them from kicking out too far (thus the one guy talking about scratching the paint) one needs to be very careful when the fenders are off...