maximum opening of the hood

[Rodolfo]

When I work on the engine, sometimes the hood is kind of annoyingly obstructing the view and access. I remember my 1996 E320 where I could move the hood fiurther open to vertical position. That was the easiest access ever to the motor compartment.

The hood on the my 230 sl is limited by a strap. If I would release that, would the hood open to vertical?

Maybe a silly question, but access would be much better for some works. I want to avoid of course damaging the hood.

thanks, Rudy

[280sl1968]

It will open further, but if it goes too far, the tension rod/prop will slip out of the other side of the holder, spring back and potentially cause damage to paintwork, fingers etc.

David

[scoot]

On my car if the hood opens further it will hit the condensor for the A/C in front of the radiator...

[garymand]

Good question, but no.  It's not a feature in the W113, but the way the 113 hood is attached is about as light weight as they could think of at the time.