Hood hinge question

Ok, I finnshed the stock floor on my dually, and the hood hinges hit the tires, any ideas?

front tilt hood

Edited: 3/24/2006 5:40:34 AM by STUD1Y

use gas struts from a ford f150 hood yo.

the work good on mine.

hm... he said hinges, didnt say anything about the springs........ if they are like the 88-98 trucks you can just take the spring off , that what i did on mine....

its not so much the spring, but the whole hinge

I might be wrong, but I think with a little modification you can make the 81-87 hinge work, it bolts to the cab under the wiper cowl. If you do this you will still need a gas strut or prop rod to hold up the hood, because the spring will have to be removed.
Look for a write up on the front end swap from 73-80 to 81-87, I remeber seeing how to do this on some page.

By the way your truck looks sick layin body with the stock trim and big ass mirrors.

Originally posted by 86crewcab



I might be wrong, but I think with a little modification you can make the 81-87 hinge work, it bolts to the cab under the wiper cowl. If you do this you will still need a gas strut or prop rod to hold up the hood, because the spring will have to be removed.Look for a write up on the front end swap from 73-80 to 81-87, I remeber seeing how to do this on some page.

thats kinda what I was thinking about trying. thanks, I'm leaving all the trim on it also, not to sure about the mirrors though...lol

Originally posted by bdroppeddak



hm... he said hinges, didnt say anything about the springs........ if they are like the 88-98 trucks you can just take the spring off , that what i did on mine....

sorry, i was thinking about the hindge spring being two different parts.

smaller tires??