986 Hood clamshell won't close fully when hood down

[nev986]

Hello

I have a 2004 986 3.2S. The hood works fine, exccept that the clamshell won't go flush with the neighbouring panels when the hood's down.

I've disconnected the push rods from both the hood and the clamshell, and the hood still stands proud too much, stopping the clamshell from seating properly.

Also, the windows won't go back up when the hood's finished going down, but they go up fine automatically when the hood is fully up. Is this a problem?

Finally, the hood mechanism/motor seems to me to be quite noisy.

I've fitted new "hydraulic" pushrods to the clamshell, on the advice of a local independent, but no success.

Can any one help?? It's not the end of the world, but I must be able to solve this, and yet can't find anything on forums about it.

Thanks
Nev