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| | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | You could try sliding strips of cut-up milk jugs into the seam before you open it so the hood rides against the plastic instead of the paint. That's how you install motorcycle tires without gouging the rim.
Are these new hinges or old? Old ones with worn pins and springs never sit right against the cowl.
The hood is the hardest thing to adjust on these trucks. Its truly a pain. There's a reason they changed it in '55.
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