I am working on check fitting my hood and find that I need to make some adjustments but how to achieve a reasonable alignment is not going well.
The spring arms are not connected and there is no latch in place. On the driver's side I am missing one link to hood bolt so I have a standard bolt inserted but not tightened, there is space between the link and the bolt because it does not have a sholder or spacer.
I have what I think is a reasonably good alignment along the top of the cowl on both sides and tightened the hinge brackets to the cab to hold that in place. This may need to be adjusted when I get a correct hood mounting bolt (new bolt set on order).
The front edge of the hood on the driver's side aligns pretty well with the edge of the front fender.
The hood is biased toward the driver's side such that it needs to be flexed slightly toward the passenger side to clear the fender.
The front edge of the hood on the passenger side is a good 1/4 to 3/8" forward of the edge of the fender.
The passenger side of the hood has a significant gap to the fender.
I have removed the radiator support mounting bolts to the frame but can not seem to persuade the support toward the driver's side. My impression is that this would improve the side to side alignment by getting the fenders more in line with the hood.
I loosened the front cab to frame mounting bolts but can not pursuade the cab toward the passenger side.
I have removed the outer fender to cowl bolts on the passenger side fender and loosened the inner fender to cab mounting bolts but can not pusuade the passenger side fender to move forward. All of the outer to inner fender mounting bolts and the brace are loose. I believe what ever is needed to move the fender forward to align with the hood is seperate from the side to side alignment issue above.
I previously measured from the hood hinge mounting bolt on the cab to the radiator support and the passenger side was shorter than the driver's side by an amount that is similar to the amount the hood and fender are misaligned. I am pretty sure I need to determine how to move the passenger side inner fender forward about 3/8" but I do not know how or why that should be the case.
I will not be able to get back to this until Monday but would appreciate any suggestions on how best to proceed.
