Well, I wanted to install a power antenna in my '94 F150XLT but it started raining right as I got the last hood bolts out so I've got the hood down and pressed into the locking latch on the front and 2 shop rags at the corners on the back of the hood. I've got about a 15 minute drive to work, mostly on a 70 mph interstate. Think it'll be alright until tomorrow night?



Spring came unwound so I took it off to keep it fron falling out of engine bay while driving. Cant wait to put this back on as soon as I learn how.

 

You would be better off just driving without the hood.

 

Nope. The rags will be gone right away maybe before you even get one the highway so if nothing else the paint will get wrecked. But knowing how bad the aerodynamics are on these trucks, at higher speeds there is a reverse vortex in front of the windshield that lifts the wipers off the glass and it will do the same to the hood lifting it up off the hinges, so you'll be lucky if you don't completely lose the hood or severely damage something.

 

^^^^^ This..... Or an equal alternative would be to play black jack in Vegas and not look at your hole cards.

 

Well, gonna do it anyway.

 

In that case, is there some good reason you came here to ask about it???

 

I gave you friendly folks the benefit of the doubt that I wouldn't have to deal with any of the stupid comments like the one you just gave me but I might use a few bungie cords or sonething on the back of the hood. I've never noticed the wipers trying to get airborne but I will do something nonetheless.

 

i did this once, on a truck i bought for parts. the hood latch literally broke, the hood went airborne at 45 mph on a gravel road.

at the very best, you'll scratch some paint, maybe tear up the hood latch or core support.

at the other end of the spectrum, lets just hope that flying hood doesnt go and hit someone elses car and cause an accident.


I'd stick with running without the hood. it looks silly, but no damage will be done that way.

 

I've got 1 tight black rubber bungie running down center of hood from grill to center cowl grille sctew opening. I will get 2 more at work.

 

Ok I was able to get my friend here to help me and I bolted in the two main arms but not the outer spring arms. Hood is not aligned perfectly but should be good enough to drive with. Damn I want my power antenna installed

 

yeah the outer spring arms arent essential. i dont have any spring arms on my Silver truck's hood, havent for years. theres no place to bolt them to on a Cervinis hood.

 

Does anybody know of a tutorial, video, etc showing or describing how to install a power antenna in this generation of F-150?

 

So, despite your protests, you heeded the advise of the "stupid" commenters and DID NOT do it the way you planned. In that case it would have been better to just say thank you and move on, IMO, instead of insulting those who were trying to help you by not telling you only what you wanted to hear.

Paul was exactly right about the high pressure point at the base of the windshield, which all cars have to some extent. That's how those hood scoops that face backwards toward the windshield work.

 

I'm actually more interested in learning how I can install my power antenna than dealing with all of that "jas".

 

Well that wasn't the topic of this thread. If you wanted advice on installing the power antenna then that is what you should have asked about and not about driving at 70mph with only the hood latch holding the hood in place.