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Hood spring problem

Reply #15
Quote from: STANG8U;408092
Well to swap hinges you have to remove the fenders and that's a job avoided buy just using a prop

Ummmm...no.

Hood spring problem

Reply #16
Is there a trick ?

I tried to remove a set and they were hung up in the fender like there was a bolt inside the fender area

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Reply #17
i cant speak to it, i cant remember, i recall there being an underhanded sneaky clippidy do thingy that is made on the hinge and it hooks into a slot then  you add bolts.

i do know the hinges come off without fender work though, ive only had them off once ever and that was in like 2003.

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Reply #18
They come off without moving the fender,there's 3 bolts, one is hidden by a rubber trim piece.
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Reply #19
No need to remove the fender. Thanks for the support guys. SUPPORT??? THAT IS THE ISSUE AT HAND!!! Just kidding the rod mod is a good one cheap and dirty and if it works for you that's great, Good idea. BUT the broom stick from the wicked witch will also suffice for hood PROPPING. Just me i am nuts anyway!!!
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Reply #20
It's a ez fix and it bolts right to the car who can go wrong with that lol

I did not chop anything up and I can put springs on later down the road


But there has to be a trick to remove those hinges I took all the bolts out and there was a part of the hinge stuck in the fender

 

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Reply #21
Quote from: jcassity;408096
i think the answer is yes , to your quote but my pic points to the adjuster


Yep that's what I was talking about.
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