Hood Springs

[GAT]

Looking for a pair of new hood springs for a 1957 Lincoln Mark II .

[Egenolf]

Gary,

it will probably be difficult to buy new springs in the right size. As far as I know, you can only buy completely overhauled hinges, which can be very expensive depending on the condition of your old hinges.

Probably more promising is to have the springs remanufactured if you can find a company that can do it.

I had new springs built here in Germany, there will also be companies in the US, that can built the springs.

Completely overhauled hinges can be bought from Rosen.

Attached a picture of the remanufactured springs.

[GAT]

So I heard from one of the Continental suppliers that its not the springs and is how the hinges were built . They said between $400 and $1000 to have mine fixed . They ae 1957 Hinges. Anyone had theres fixed .

[Pat Marshall]

Yes, two sets and it wasn't the springs. It was where the springs hooked into the sheet metal of the hinge assemblies frames. In both cases the springs, through wear, had elongated the holes reducing spring tension

[GAT]

Thank you ,I'll take a look at that.

[jdsnoddy]

The real issue is the work it takes to remove the hinges and reinstall them and align the hood etc. When you get the hinges off, it should be no problem to fix the elongated holes.

[Egenolf]

John,

You are absolutely right.

Here are the hinges of 1966 that we overhauled in winter:

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The red arrows indicate the critical points. I welded these points and drilled them again. We replaced one of the rivets with a corresponding screw.



The disassembling of the spring works with a large screwdriver, the mounting works with a tension belt and a large vice.

Here the result of the rebuilt hinge:



The Reassembly of the hood requires two people.

[Mark Norris]

Nice powerful hood springs how. I must admit my hood balances at only about 2/3 the angle you've achieved in the video. Regardless of the balance angle I use a hood prop whenever I'm working under there in order to relieve the stress on the hood skin since it once popped the spot welds on my car. I must have spent 2 hrs getting the hood re-aligned properly at the scuttle ...some of the hinge positioning is a little counter-intuitive.

[Pat Marshall]

Both of my hood hinges had elongated holes at the left arrow in Holger's photo. The first repair I sent to Shelby Mix in Manchester TN whose brother did the work - Cost $400.

The 2nd set I took to a local welder and he repaired them - Cost a bottle of Buffalo Trace Bourbon.

[GAT]

Thank so much I checked ,your right . Have to take care of that in winter .