Hood hinge spring removal

[BlacklandCamper]

Originally Posted by leddzepp

Pop your hood open just enough so you can reach in from the side. The spring will be stretched as pictured below. Use some flat iron shims, or washers, or coins to put betwee the coils. Slowly open the hood all the way up. The spring will try to compress (as shown in the second pic, open all the way), but the shims keep it stretched and the hinge "shortens" enough for the spring to be removed by hand. If you use a lot of shims they will even fall out, so put a towel on your inner fenders if they have nice paint

That's how I did mine. Except I used wrenches.

To install them, I used a come along, and my tractor. Spring on the three point pin, and the come along anchored on the mow deck.