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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 11:34 AM
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I'm thinking of getting a hood kit,For my !953 F-100. I installed new hinges and that was a waste of money. Can any one tell me about them???

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If you don't want the new hinges I'll take them off your hands
 
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I put on a new front hood tilt kit from john's f100 and it worked out pretty well. took about 2 hours and a couple of small cuts with a die grinder. most of the time was adjusting .
 
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 01:34 PM
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If I get a hood kit, I'll let you know
 
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New hinges should work right, likely an adjustment problem, try moving the latch striker plate forward a bit (might be difficult to get to move, mark it's location on the latch panel and remove bolts completely, then reinstall further forwards based on your marks.
 
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It's the springs
that will not hold up my hood
 
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 08:56 AM
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didn't work when they were new, they don't work now
 
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sounds like the springs are not tight enough with the hood open you might have to preload them tighter to have the hood stay up they have a tool to do it but i did it with vise grips and i dont recommend that



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After you try adjusting the springs and they whap the #%&* out of you, get the tilt forward hood. I suggest getting the model that looks like mine instead of the billet units. Good luck, Jag
 
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