OK Guys It's fixed!

After lots of playing with the hood a friend asked me to check the front end with a tape measure. I found the right front side of the truck was sitting 3/4" low while sitting on a level floor. Whats weird about this is the entire right side of the cab is 3/8" low measured from the back of the cab to the cowl and then another 3/8" low from the cowl to the front of the fender (total drop of 3/4"). I loosened all of the mounting bolts on the right side and placed a jack under the right side of the core support and raised it up 3/8". This fixed the rack in the hood so I installed shim washers under the right side of the core support and now everything works fine! The really strange thing is the leaf spring shackle bolts are within 1/16" of each other measuring from the floor up, so there must be 3/8" difference in the height of the sheet metal (right vs left). I can't figure out where the difference is, but I'm happy everything is lined up and working.

Thanks for the sugestions and 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