Here you can see one of the upper
mounting blocks bolted in place with two 8-32 stainless button head
screws. I used a 3" diameter air powered cut-off wheel to rough it
out and then used my Dremel to get it close. A file was used to final
fit all the blocks. To get the location for the screw holes, I inverted the
blocks and scribed a circle down through the threaded holes. After I had a
small circle on the hood, I center punched the location and drilled the
holes. After installing all of the upper mounting blocks, I placed the
hood back on to see if it fit, and...booya....it fit.
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Here is a close-up of the hinge
installed on the hood. I made some small angle cuts to have it blend
better to the sides. The black part of the hinge that you see are made out of plastic
and these go inside the bottom mounting blocks. This way there isn't
metal-to-metal so things won't rattle.
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In this shot you can see all four
upper hinges installed. The ones on the right are open and the left ones
are closed. Now it's time to install the hood props so the hood needs to go
back on.
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Here is what the hood props look like. The prop-rod and nuts are made out
of stainless, the prop-rod holder is plastic and the upper mounting
block is aluminum. At this stage of the hood hinge installation, this
was the easy part. All that is needed is drill two 5/16" diameter
holes 1/2" away from both bottom mounting blocks.
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