2815 Recent purcahse of a mark ii have a few questions

[Barry Wolk]

I've removed the hood on my car. IMO, you cannot align the hinges off the car.

[Joseph Stebbins]

Make sure to check the hood itself for stress cracking. If the hood hinges are too worn they will cause stresses at the attachment point - think of the moment arm of that hood back to the mounting point.

I had to have mine repaired and reinforced.

[Barry Wolk]

I see someone used the 1/8" drilled hole alignment trick.

[Joseph Stebbins]

I see someone used the 1/8" drilled hole alignment trick.

We stole it from your post! It will get us close but as the hinges had worn so much we are not sure how it will end up. Now given that the rest of the clip is sitting on horses being worked on there is going to be a bit of aligning to do anyway...

[Barry Wolk]

Wouldn't you agree that it's impossible to actually do any alignment without putting the hinges on the car first?

[Joseph Stebbins]

Wouldn't you agree that it's impossible to actually do any alignment without putting the hinges on the car first?

I don't see how you could do it any other way. I can't fathom holding the hood in the air while you try and bolt the hinges to the firewall. A couple of those bolts are a PIA with all the stuff in the way and just the dead weight of the hinges themselves.

[Mark Norris]

I agree, my hood has just also been repaired at the hinge attachment points, there is a huge bending moment applied by the hinge springs in order to keep tht hood up. In fact the hood inner panel was pulling the spot welds out from the hood top panel, I suggest using a hood prop (stick with cloth wrapped around each end) when working on the car so as to minimise/remove these the bending forces on the hood inner skin.

[Joseph Stebbins]

I agree, my hood has just also been repaired at the hinge attachment points, there is a huge bending moment applied by the hinge springs in order to keep tht hood up. In fact the hood inner panel was pulling the spot welds out from the hood top panel, I suggest using a hood prop (stick with cloth wrapped around each end) when working on the car so as to minimise/remove these the bending forces on the hood inner skin.

I put the prop stick right by the hood latch pin so you don't hit the back of your head on the pin.

[lincoln mark]

I ALSO put a moving quilt, {you know the kind we never put back in the U Haul truck after we rent the truck} across the panel between the hood and the windshield. This helps in case you or the other 4 people that are helping you hold the hood in place lets it slid backwards.