[Double Venom]

Mike,
Yup. What Don said. The latch box is NOT supposed to sit flat! It's angeled from the back downward to the front.

If your motor isn't installed, mount the body, mount and adjust the hood with the strike in place, then simply crawl inside the engine compartment and latch the box to the striker. Now mount the box and it will be perfect!

If you do have the motor in place already, then it's simply trial, error, and fit!

DV..Practice is over!