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| | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | My recent experience. I followed the tech tip here and it took me reading it about 6 times and then then twice more to really understand what is taking place.
My hood was really bad in the beginning. Here is a couple things from the tech tip that I can attest to and is what finally got my hood fitting real good.
First, do not put the springs on until last. As wbrowne mentioned above use the hinges to get the hood right at the cowl. Then put the springs on like the tip says and let the weight of the hood "set" the springs and then tighten them up while the hood is in the up position. Then raise the back of the fender to fit to the hood and tighten those bolts.
For the firewall rod to the fender rod I got close to the 27" and the 27 1/4" but that was it. I measured from the bolt farthest back into the firewall to the edge of the bracket.
I was about ready to buy new hinges....new springs ect but after a full day of fiddling with it I finally got it. It was a good day so don't you give up. It can be worked out. | | |
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