Drill two small 1/8 holes in flange of hood hinges where it mounts to firewall and remove hood with hinges attached or drill those holes in the hood to hinge mount and leave hinges attached to firewall but don't puncture or dimple hood while drilling. This will put hood exactly back where it was by inserting drill bits in holes (as guide pins) before tighten bolts. Remove one end of fender braces inside wheel well, remove radiator, remove bumper. Clip is mounted with 8 bolts. top rear of fenders, bottom rear corner of fender, inboard from there near frame is a stick out bracket and up front two body mounts to front of frame. Don't take out grill, inner fenders or hood latch crossover or radiator crossover assy. It all stays together. Need two or three strong people to lift or cherry picker if you are like me and don't have any friends.(it weighs approx 200 lbs) Save and document shims as you find them. Going by memory but you can figure it out by examination. Of course you have to release all wiring harness connections and harness tie downs. You are a GM tech, you should be OK. I am retired also. Honeywell Mechanical Engineer. We old boys can do this. Just can't remember everything after it's done. I use only AARP Hardware. I think that's the name.
