Why does my hood pop up by the cowl?

[Longhorn 70]

Why does my hood pop up by the cowl? Is it adjustment, bad hinges, bad hinge springs, government conspiracy to look at my emissions stuff, or just what happens when we get old?

[67 cst swb]

Its time for new/better hood hinges.
I think when you get old, less things pop up.

[michael bustamante]

quit putting blue pills in the gas tank,
seriosly though, the hinges are worn out

[Molberg]

http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=319778
This worked for me

[Sicklajoie]

I had the same issue. I used to push down on the back of the hood to get it back down. Before too long one of the rivets broke and I needed new hinges.

[Resto-Rand]

Pay attention to what Molberg said! Check that link.

I saw the original posted response from Huck, tried it, and voila!

[Longhorn 70]

Thanks for the link.

I sure miss the search feature. Sometimes the google search returns too much.

[leddzepp]

Yep it works

[serge]

Originally Posted by leddzepp

Yep it works

Adjust bracket where it bolts to fender. I slid hinge up 1/8" at front bolt and that little bit of pivot in hinge made hood flush with cowl.
My hood was doing same thing. So I removed the hinges and they were sloppy at pivot points. Bought some used tight hinges from a member, installed them and hood was higher then cowl again. Oh! xxxxx.
But after adjusting they work great.
Hope that helps.

[OhioChevy]

I had this to happen to my hood when I re-installed the hood. When you closed it the back of the hood on the driver side would pop up in the back. You had to push it down and it then would be okay. A guy I knew that has worked in a body shop for years was over one day and I showed this to him. He said it was just out of adjustment and he proceeded to adjust the hinges and the hood closed perfect. It just needed a very small adjustment to make it work. I had tried to adjust the hinges several times with the help of my son-in-law and we just didn't get it right.

[DeadheadNM]

The hood hinges are likely fine. I've been through this before. Just clean the pivot points well then lubricate well. The hood will sit back down after.

[Longhorn 70]

Thanks Guys....it was just what I needed. The hood now closes properly and sits properly as well.

I'll bet from the reduced wind signature I'll get over 20 MPG...Maybe not but it looks so much better.

[Sicklajoie]

Good news!