Thank you Pat. The hinges on my truck appear to be good. I had to harvest a hood off of a donor truck I had because the original hood was a mess, had been hammered on many times, was full of Bondo.
NPD is just a few blocks away from me so getting new springs is not a problem.
I did note that one of the bolt holes on the right side hinge was stripped, therefore the hinge did not properly tighten, I'm going to try a 'Helicol' or an oversize bolt in lieu of the 3/8. wm
