I use a hook style dent puller to pull the springs off my 58. 55 hood hinges
cant be that different. just hook & pull. tie the hood up or have someone
hold it up, because it will piledrive you when the spring comes off.
Kurt
>From: GremlinGTs@aol.com
>Reply-To: GremlinGTs@aol.com
>To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Hood springs , streeeeeeeeeeeeeeetching tool...
>Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 19:29:45 EST
>
> I had a brain storm thinking about this ( hope my Medula Oblongata
>doesn't
>flood out! :D ). Anyway, how about a clothesline turnbuckle, or a
>heavier-duty version? It has regular and reverse threads, the eye-bolts
>could have
>S-hooks installed, and put them in the spring, wrachet that baby apart, see
>if
>it'll fit over the hood hooks, then turn the Turnbuckle the other way. I
>know
>they make heavier ones than clothsline type, might be a bit mo' expensive,
>I'm
>sure. Also, the under dash brake pedal uses a similar 1-bolt turnbuckle to
>the
>Master Cylinder, might be able to rig up a couple of hooks on either end
>and
>make it work, too, get one out of a junker truck or car. Pretty cheap, too!
>anyone else got an idea?
>
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