You might want to check the rubber bumpers on the back inside of the hood. They are designed to hit and sit on the cowl/air dam when the hood is shut. The bumbers (rubber part) is on an adjustiable bracket and the hood from another truck more than likely will not fit properly until that adjustment is made.

The plate on the cowl is easy to see and you will want to use a little spot of china marker or chalk to get the adjustment correct. You will want to adjust the brackets so they touch but not bind the hood up. This adjusment is important to eliminate hood rattle and to save those hinge pins.

Hope this helps, Hobert


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