Don't know about this car but on at least some it should be manual until you press pass the resistance at 100% throttle to the kickdown button which will override your gear selection
I assume you are talking about the bush that goes in the body mounted hinge half.
They go with the smaller half up when the bonnet is closed.
I took a file to mine. I don’t remember specifically why, but I think it was to get the bonnet hinge...