I got a friend to help me place the hood on the truck, blanket on the cowl. On my own, I used a length of 2x4 to prop the hood open. Attached the hinges. The hard part was the spring arms. I had done it in the past and I'm sure there is a procedure written somewhere. After struggling awhile, I finally attached the spring arms to the hood. Placed a drift through the lower bracket hole and into the cowl mounting hole. hammered the bracket along the drift until it was against the cowl, then attached the upper bracket bolt. Get that cowl to hood seal in place before attaching the hood( don't ask me how I know that).
