now THAT was an adrenaline rush! Reply #15 – October 30, 2006, 11:14:31 AM Eric,When you did your prop rod to hood spring conversion, did this part of the hinge come off of the Mark VII too?I don't have that bar on my stock hinge, just the rear two.Thanks,Brent Quote Selected
now THAT was an adrenaline rush! Reply #16 – October 30, 2006, 11:19:09 AM Yes...it's held onto the stock hinge by a clip up at the top, and on the bottom it bolts in. The coil is in the middle of the whole add-on section. I believe it's a stock-type GM midsize hood hinge coil...I bought some Monte Carlo coils with different tension rates, just in case the Mark VII springs weren't going to work, but never had to use them. These coils seem to be under a lot less tension than the stock 1987-88 T-Bird/Cougar ones. If they ever need changed...no real threat of losing a finger or two. Quote Selected
now THAT was an adrenaline rush! Reply #17 – October 30, 2006, 12:50:01 PM Quote from: EricCoolCats;110725Yes...it's held onto the stock hinge by a clip up at the top, and on the bottom it bolts in. The coil is in the middle of the whole add-on section.Ok, this is making more sense to me now, I though I was just going after the spring by itself. So is removing it from a wrecking yard doner going to be just a matter of unbolting the add-on piece as an assembly or is there more to it than that?, just trying to cover all the bases. I'm not removing them and I will to have to explain the procedure to a friend of mine who located the Lincoln for me. I want to make sure I tell him what he will need to expect in the removal process so that this favor he is doing doesn't backfire on me.Brent Quote Selected
now THAT was an adrenaline rush! Reply #18 – October 30, 2006, 01:26:06 PM Ah, gotcha. No, it is literally as simple as unbolting them from the hinges. Like I said, there's not much tension on the whole thing. But be sure that he gets the clips and the bolts because they're hard to find otherwise. Quote Selected
now THAT was an adrenaline rush! Reply #19 – October 30, 2006, 02:56:58 PM Quote from: EricCoolCats;110746Ah, gotcha. No, it is literally as simple as unbolting them from the hinges. Like I said, there's not much tension on the whole thing. But be sure that he gets the clips and the bolts because they're hard to find otherwise.Cool, that is just what I needed to know, I'll pass it along.Thanks again !!Brent Quote Selected
now THAT was an adrenaline rush! Reply #20 – October 30, 2006, 04:46:05 PM Quote from: 5ohbird;106276step 4: you are now done! give yourself a pat on the back.You, sir, are a crazy person. Quote Selected
now THAT was an adrenaline rush! Reply #21 – October 30, 2006, 09:10:14 PM :eek: You're brave, really brave :crazy: Quote Selected
now THAT was an adrenaline rush! Reply #22 – October 31, 2006, 02:50:15 PM I bought the same year set off of a friend on tstacc.com( brian LArkin) and cut the spring off and just used teh rest of it to hold the hoood on and got a prop rod out of an old stang. Quote Selected
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