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| | | | Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 21 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 21 | Truck is a '47 3600. Using the hood alignment procedure written by 52Carl. I set the hood gap at the cowl to1/8 in.
I keep pressure on the hood with a ratchet strap as I tighten the inner bolts. Two on each side.
I release the strap remove the 4 in. wood from between the hood and grill top. Then the driver's side of the hood the gap increases to about 5/16th. Passenger side stays where I set it.
How does the hood move when it is tight?
All front clip bolts are loose
weatherstrip is new
replaced the hinge without any change
If I had any hair I would pull it out...
chuck
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| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 10,997 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 10,997 | Check the hinge shoulder bolts on the driver's side hood. Another bolter having trouble with hood alignment discovered that his had been replaced with standard bolts, letting the hinge slop around way more than it should. Worn shoulder bolts or hogged out holes for them would also cause problems.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 21 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 21 | Thanks Kevin, the hinge bolts were replaced with the correct shoulder bolts and I chased the threads in the holes when I replaced the hinge. I had the same line of thought.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,270 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,270 | I use a short length of railroad rail (my makeshift anvil) on a bath towel to protect the paint. I put the rail in place after I put the 4" block in place, but before I loosen the hinge bolts.
As you loosen the hinge bolts, the weight of the rail will lower the hood down where it belongs.
One other thing I do to simplify things is to remove the outside hinge bolts completely rather than just loosen them.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
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