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Topic: Hood not closing all the way (Read 3775 times)
Shifty
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I bleed Bowtie red...
Re: Hood not closing all the way
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Reply #15 on:
March 20, 2023, 09:53:56 AM »
Those sorts of adjustment games frustrate the heck out of me...like strings of wadded-up Christmas light....
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87 V20 Standard Cab Longbed (current)
87 R30 3+3 Longbed (days of yore)
98 C2500 ext cab longbed
JohnnyPopper
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Old Goof
Re: Hood not closing all the way
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Reply #16 on:
March 20, 2023, 11:18:35 AM »
That is odd
dumb q but is the support post on the right too high?
If you push the right side down, does the left side pop up?
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1957 Apache 3100 235 Inline 6, 3 on the tree
1973 C-20, 3+3 454 4BBL TH400 Water Injection
1978 K-10, 350 4BBL TH350 NP203 M.M. Part time Kit/Hubs
1980 C-10 under construction
Mike81K10
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Re: Hood not closing all the way
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Reply #17 on:
March 20, 2023, 11:58:57 AM »
Excellent question JP!
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Shifty
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I bleed Bowtie red...
Re: Hood not closing all the way
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Reply #18 on:
March 20, 2023, 12:34:39 PM »
No sir...
I read it somewhere, to put a 2x4 (or the like) on the other side, and push down on the offending side, which I did with no success at all, but I don't want to push it any further for fear of bending it.
Hood pins are looking better and better all the time....
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87 V20 Standard Cab Longbed (current)
87 R30 3+3 Longbed (days of yore)
98 C2500 ext cab longbed
JohnnyPopper
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Old Goof
Re: Hood not closing all the way
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Reply #19 on:
March 20, 2023, 01:50:56 PM »
That's an old school way of getting sheet metal to cooperate
The way I see it, it couldn't hurt if it bends, it looks like it's bent already.
I would place the 2x4 or 6 on the left, and hang on the right side until it's even, poco a poco, you will probably divide the gap between both sides so look to drop the latch.
I think it comes up through the core top, maybe you can lower with washers and longer bolts.
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1957 Apache 3100 235 Inline 6, 3 on the tree
1973 C-20, 3+3 454 4BBL TH400 Water Injection
1978 K-10, 350 4BBL TH350 NP203 M.M. Part time Kit/Hubs
1980 C-10 under construction
VileZambonie
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Re: Hood not closing all the way
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Reply #20 on:
March 20, 2023, 06:29:42 PM »
The hood is only showing you the underlying issue. Let's see your door to cab and fender to door gaps.
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Shifty
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Re: Hood not closing all the way
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Reply #21 on:
March 21, 2023, 09:13:24 AM »
Don't have any pics of those Vile, but they're all ok. Tailgate is jacked, but I'll take that on some other year. (needs all new pivots, etc...)
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87 V20 Standard Cab Longbed (current)
87 R30 3+3 Longbed (days of yore)
98 C2500 ext cab longbed
Shifty
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I bleed Bowtie red...
Re: Hood not closing all the way
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Reply #22 on:
October 20, 2023, 10:22:04 AM »
With just raising the bumper all the way out on the passenger's side, and lowering almost all the way on drivers, I've got it even now, but still too "open", so now it's time to figure out how to lower the latch. It needs to go about an 1/8-3/16-ish. Sorry that I'm moving so slow on this, I've been dealing with crap a/c compressors over and over.
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87 V20 Standard Cab Longbed (current)
87 R30 3+3 Longbed (days of yore)
98 C2500 ext cab longbed
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