Had a good conversation tieh Carl52 and spend some time working on the hood again yesterday.
First thing is I had not installed the cowl seal thinking I would save that for after paint. Carl suggested it was important so it is now installed although I still need to determine where to trim the ends as the parts as received are linger than required. As a side note I am getting pretty good at taking the hood off an on given all my practice.
I continued to find it difficult to get the hinge mounting bolts to move in their respective cab holes so I removed all of them and removed any residual sealant that appeared to be gumming up the movement. I also inverted the flat washers that seems to be deformed slightly thinking they may be engaging the cab holes preventing hood movement.
I am not done yet but the results so far indicate I am on the right path with significantly better side to side alignment at the front of the hood. Once I get the hood location firmly established I will move on to the fenders. It would be great if this was the last time for this effort but I do plan to take it apart again for paint so this is still a practice run. Hopefully practice makes perfect (or at least okay) in the end.
