Thank Phil . . I did see that Tech Tip and it scared the bajeebers out of me! The hood is aligned with the fenders pretty well so I'd hate to loosen 20 bolts (if I could?) and then possibly make my issues worse?! I have clutch head screwdrivers and the ratchet set you showed . . perhap I could cut down one of the drivers and get to the bolts? Will look into that. Might be able to adjust the hood down a bit also? Will look at that also. THANKS for your thoughts and suggestions.
1Ton_tommy . . my big issue with removing the hood is lack of (competent) help . . especially during this Covid pandemic. My wife and I (due to age and health issues) have pretty well isolated ourselves for the past 9 months and most of our neighbors are women, so getting a helping set of (manly man) hands will have to wait a while. I appreciate your input and will consider the hood removal. It will certainly make the seal replacement much easier!
Again to both of you . . THANKS and Merry Christmas!!
