The hood rubbers bumpers go into holes that are on the hood they do on my 52-3100 there are two bigger ones and they go on the front near the latch on top of the grill and are pointed up to stop the hood from hitting the apron on top of the grill
long rubber goes like you think and fits only one way into the grove on the cowl and the spaces were you screw the plates down are recessed so after you screw them in they will not hit the hood ,make sure you pull the rubber tight when you install it so after your done there is no gap under the rubber it does not look to good I started on one side and did each one in turn pulling the rubber screwing the bracket then off to the next ,ETC,ETC
Pete
PS if you need pics send me your e-mail and I'll send them to you
Last edited by Pete52; 02/22/2010 2:37 AM.