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stllookn · 04-21-2003, 04:27 PM

New springs won't help. I have always found it is the pins...when they are sloppy and worn (both the pins and the brackets) they pull the linkage bars together like a scissor lift and lift the back of the hood. Huck is right but I have had trouble getting that method to work well for me. I have also elongated the mount holes vertically with a die grinder, then adjusted them donw as far as possible and tightened them in place.

04-21-2003, 04:27 PM	#17
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	New springs won't help. I have always found it is the pins...when they are sloppy and worn (both the pins and the brackets) they pull the linkage bars together like a scissor lift and lift the back of the hood. Huck is right but I have had trouble getting that method to work well for me. I have also elongated the mount holes vertically with a die grinder, then adjusted them donw as far as possible and tightened them in place. __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)