sepp - if you don't have some one to help you lift the hood right off as 00 suggests [the best way], you could do as you describe - make sure you have a prop firmly seated at the latch end to prevent any movement

Bill

Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature we find it attached to the rest of the world" John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics & Rust-a-holics Unanimous parking lot