ManniB
Well-known member
:huhear all,
as it looks like, the hood hinge springs of my '71 Mach 1 have become weak over the last 40 years (which is not a real surprise ;-) My hood doesn't stay open but drops down as soon as I take my hands off.
The hood has additional weight in form of a functioning Ram Air system. I'm aware that there are two different types of springs, the round wire ones for standard hoods and the square wire type for Ram Air hoods.
Since I wasn't able to locate any replacement springs for my Ram Air hood I ordered a set of standard springs hoping they would be strong enough. As you can imagine, this did not work :-(((
- does anyone know of a source for the stronger square wire springs?
- is there any other reason for my hood hinges not carying the weight?
- any other solution I might try?
Thank you, Manfred
as it looks like, the hood hinge springs of my '71 Mach 1 have become weak over the last 40 years (which is not a real surprise ;-) My hood doesn't stay open but drops down as soon as I take my hands off.
The hood has additional weight in form of a functioning Ram Air system. I'm aware that there are two different types of springs, the round wire ones for standard hoods and the square wire type for Ram Air hoods.
Since I wasn't able to locate any replacement springs for my Ram Air hood I ordered a set of standard springs hoping they would be strong enough. As you can imagine, this did not work :-(((
- does anyone know of a source for the stronger square wire springs?
- is there any other reason for my hood hinges not carying the weight?
- any other solution I might try?
Thank you, Manfred