I need help aligning my hood. I bought a new to me used hood for my truck and I'm having trouble getting the rear drivers side to pull down. I have the left to right and front to back alignment good, plus the cowl studs adjusted to the correct height. The hinges seem to be in good shape, my fire truck only has 15K miles on it and they cleaned up real nice with no signs of having worn or bad teeth in the gears. I have the drivers hinge adjusted all the way down and the hood still won't close the last 1"...I have to push it down by hand. I tried another spring but there wasn't any change. Do I need to drill the slots longer on the hinge or what?

Thanks for any help!

Mike B smile


Mike Boteler

1956 Chevy 3100 Resto Rod
1952 Willys M38 Army Jeep
1983 Jeep CJ7 Laredo
1984 Jeep CJ7
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Silver Spring, MD