Spent most of yesterday adjusting valves, timing, etc. and got the engine started after it's 6 or 7 year rest.
Had a little glitch, when I had a rubber cap over the filter return line to the crankcase. It got blown off and about a quart of oil dumped thru the fitting. I didn't think there'd be that much pressure but was mistaken. After cleanup, since a couple of friends were over to observe, I put them to work installing the hood.
We followed the instructions in the service manual, with the gap even and pretty good, but when we put the support springs on things went bad. After two restarts, wound up with the following result (pics below.) Passenger side looks pretty good, but the hood sticks out away from the cowl. The driver's side gap grew quite a bit, and got a chip in the paint on the cowl near the bottom.
It looks like the hood is too far toward the passenger side, but was pretty well centered when we were tightening the hinge bolts. It's possible the hinges were tweaked, as half of the hood was replaced sometime earlier in the truck's life.
Any advice from the collective? We used a bit of caulk for sealant between the hinges around the bolt holes as the FAM directs, but maybe that's keeping the hinges from moving freely when re-positioning the hood.
