Hood wont close on the windshield side
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Hood wont close on the windshield side
So I bought a 62 Crew Cab and the hood wont close it stays up off the fender about an inch I did adjust the hinges at the fire wall but that only helped a bit. Has anyone had this problem or did someone swap the hinges maybe? Any suggestions?
Re: Hood wont close on the windshield side
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=25916&p=186160&hil ... od#p186160BillyBones wrote:So I bought a 62 Crew Cab and the hood wont close it stays up off the fender about an inch I did adjust the hinges at the fire wall but that only helped a bit. Has anyone had this problem or did someone swap the hinges maybe? Any suggestions?
Here's some good reading...
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Re: Hood wont close on the windshield side
One of the biggest causes of this is worn hood hinges.
Quick test - with the hood closed all the way, if you can push it down into a good fit then the hinges are likely worn out. It's a $150-200 fix.
Quick test - with the hood closed all the way, if you can push it down into a good fit then the hinges are likely worn out. It's a $150-200 fix.
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Re: Hood wont close on the windshield side
Dang I guess they're warn out it went right down with a little pressure I just don't get where the hinges are warn they look great.
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Re: Hood wont close on the windshield side
It's in the pivots, you can't see it.BillyBones wrote:Dang I guess they're warn out it went right down with a little pressure I just don't get where the hinges are warn they look great.
BUT you can adjust most of it out, follow the link posted and do all the tricks, you might get it pretty close anyway.
Re: Hood wont close on the windshield side
I took an extreme approach with one of my trucks. Shimmingrobertob wrote:It's in the pivots, you can't see it.BillyBones wrote:Dang I guess they're warn out it went right down with a little pressure I just don't get where the hinges are warn they look great.
BUT you can adjust most of it out, follow the link posted and do all the tricks, you might get it pretty close anyway.
didn't work and I didn't have a decent set of replacement hood
hinges so I popped off the hinge springs. It takes a bit
extra "umph" to raise it and also requires a pole to hold it up.
Its been my "temporary" fix for 8 years and counting....
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Re: Hood wont close on the windshield side
I like that approach!
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Re: Hood wont close on the windshield side
Cool idea I'll give that a try. I put scrapped trunk shocks on my other truck so I might just do both.
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Re: Hood wont close on the windshield side
Well I went the easy way...... Parts truck 62 D100 now the hood sits just right.