new truck with a taco hood

[willstruck]

Originally Posted by motornut

Do youhave the pin like mine, minecatches on it a little wiggle left to right it it releases
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Hmm, I didn't notice a pin. I'll try wiggling it, and look for a pin.

[motornut]

Originally Posted by justinburnett

That would probably help some but I don't know that it would flat out stop the hood if you slammed into a rock wall at 60mph. on the other hand it probably wouldn't matter anyway at that speed.

On a slightly different note, putting his truck next to mine, it looks almost.... I don't know how to say it, but "dainty". I mean.... smaller. A lot. It's a '77 half ton and mine's a '73 3/4, both longbed, both 4x4, but it honestly looks smaller.... Is there any difference? It could also be the two tone paint on his vs the big dirty white beast I drive. Mine looks bulkier. Will all the body parts interchange and such? I need new front fenders and I'm not going to steal his, but I figured anything before '80 would be fine and now I'm wondering.

i've read here threads on changing over what ive read mostly 78 to 80's or 90s tho
less work i've read to go like 77 to 90 front end then the other way around, hinges,cowels ,wipers are different

[motornut]

by pin i mean the thing sticking up above my air breather post 19
it can be loosened and moved if thats catching

[willstruck]

Originally Posted by motornut

by pin i mean the thing sticking up above my air breather post 19
it can be loosened and moved if thats catching

Oh, that. No, I don't have that. It's like the back edge of the hood is catching on the front lip of the cowl.

[y5mgisi]

Not much too add other then that i love your truck and your buddys!

[justinburnett]

Thanks!

Hey have you tried loosening the bolts to the hinges and sliding the hood forward to see if that solves the problem of it catching?

[bmchevy1979]

sounds like when he bent it back up it bowed down in the middle could you possibly try putting something there in the middle and putting some pressure on the hood and bend it back out or maybe try pushing it out by hand (sitting in the engine bay and forcing it back out)

[78 Chevyrado]

The pin in the pic out in the middle of the hood, and the bolts below the windshield on the cowl (the ones that dont do anything) all catch in holes in the hood in a crash to keep the hood out of the windshield. thats all they do. I do not know why some truck had the center bolt in the pic above, and some didnt.

[y5mgisi]

For what its worth, my 78 had a taco hood like that too. The PO fixed it with those LMC truck hood braces and lubed the hinges real good. Never had a problem with it.

[willstruck]

I haven't had a chance to loosen the bolts to the hood and slide it forward yet. It would catch a little on the cowl before I tried to bend it, but now it won't even open more than 8" or so.