47-55.1 Hood Issues

[MiraclePieCo]

Hmm, looks to me like all you really needed to do was the standard hood alignment technique of leaving all the bolts loose, then putting a 2x4 under the hood front at the latch, then pushing down and back on the rear of the hood and tightening the bolts. It's one of those little tricks that sounds too easy to be true but works like magic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye5MY06ZN-4

[joedoh]

Originally Posted by MiraclePieCo

Hmm, looks to me like all you really needed to do was the standard hood alignment technique of leaving all the bolts loose, then putting a 2x4 under the hood front at the latch, then pushing down and back on the rear of the hood and tightening the bolts. It's one of those little tricks that sounds too easy to be true but works like magic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye5MY06ZN-4

its a good tip, and one worth repeating for sure, but its literally in his first post that he already did it.

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by joedoh

its a good tip, and one worth repeating for sure, but its literally in his first post that he already did it.

Uh yeah, I was trying to be diplomatic and get him to watch the video cuz he couldn't have done it right and still have that gap at the rear. His misalignment is just too classic - obviously there's some aspect of the technique he's missing - probably the part about holding the hood down and back while a helper tightens the inner hinge bolts from inside the cowl. Looks like he also may have done it with the hood weatherstrip on the cowl, which interferes with initial fitment. So he needs to try it again properly.

So I guess there goes diplomacy out the window...

[joedoh]

Originally Posted by MiraclePieCo

cuz he couldn't have done it right and still have that gap at the rear.

sure he could, by having the clip pointing down or the cab pointing up. and I knew this because I have had that exact same situation, where the back corner of the hood bottoms out in the recess, gaps at the top rear, and has overhang on the front. thats only possible if the hood is pointing down to latch. raising the core support fixed it every time, and now I actually set up a front clip with a jack under the clip to avoid this.


you could have said all of your second post in your first post without any of the snark and it would have been better received. I suspected you didnt read his first post because you were suggesting he do something he already did. now I suspect you didnt read any of his posts, especially further down where he figured it out, and are just being undiplomatic because... ? I dont know why? we are here to help guys with problems, not to smirk and roundabout get them to try it again the correct way by posting a video and saying you obviously did it wrong. take that kind of stuff to the hamb, they love snarking on and lording over other people there.