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Helllo all my question is 1954 chevy 3100 pickup the Hood lace rubber. The rubber that fits on top off firewall that the back of hood seals to bottom of hood . is there different thickness of this lace rubber ? I am out of hood adjustment on the hinges but the back of my hood driver side flaps when driving .Like hood lace needs to be thicker THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So this is a pre-existing problem when you got the truck or did you cause it to happen by making adjustments?

The hood to cowl seal is one thickness and is held by little clamps and screws. The hood should rest upon the seal.

I like 52Carl's comment as follows:

The best advice that I can give you at this point, and it is very important!
The front clip adjustment must be broken down into two separate procedures.

1) hood adjustment.
2) everything else adjustment.

Get the fenders down and out of the way so that they do not impede the hood from closing at the latch.
Adjust the hood so that the rear edge of the hood is parallel to the cowl with close to a 1/8" gap when hood is fully closed. The Factory Repair Manual will guide you through this procedure.

After the hood is perfect, all you have to do is maneuver the rest of the parts to fit the hood. This is the challenging part. Loosen ALL nuts and bolts. ALL of them.

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It would seem to me that you did not exert downward pressure on the rear of the hood while you had a 4" block of wood between the nose of the hood and the hood latch while you tightened the hinge bolts.
I use a 6" length of railroad rail on top of a beach towel to prevent paint damage.

Hello 52 carl I tried to privet message you but was stopped by stovebolt police I was just question how you adjusted the back of your hood NO I didn't put a block under the nose and push down on the hood and tighten the hinges never heard of that but respectfully I was asking about the procedure and any advice you can give me!!!! I have learned in life you can't beat been there done that . And was asking what steps to take. THANKYOU !!!! RESPECTFULLY GLENN

Thank all of you for REPLYS !!!!GLENN

I wrote a lengthy piece on how to adjust the front clip of AD trucks. Phak1 cleaned it up to make it prettier and submitted for approval as a Tech Tip. Is has yet to be approved. I do not have a copy of it on my computer.
Go to the Search link at the top of this page on the right side and type in "phak1 front clip". You will find it near the bottom of the first page.