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Ron Lowe

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Getting ready to fix my wobbling fan problem. I don't have anyone to help me lift off my hood. Has anyone ever made something to hold the hood after you remove the radiator. I have fresh paint on the hood. My only neighbor is Dad and he's 87. Thanks Ron
 
Depends how how much you can lift? I can usually take it off myself by bringing both sides of the hood up and resting them on the gas tank and then grabbing it and lifting it off in one try.


Then again I'm 6 foot 1 and 200 pounds!
 
This works for me. Remove the rear hold down bolts. Carefully open the hood and prop it up. Walk to the front of the car, step over the bumper and stand in front of the radiator. Grab the hood, supporting the weight of the hood on top of your arms. Slide it towards the rear of the car slightly to clear the front bracket and lift it up off of the car. Carefully step over the bumper and away from the car. Gently place the hood on a piece of carpet, resting it with the back edge of the hood on the carpet.
 
I agree with Ben. You can probably just ****** it off.
First one I took off I rigged rope and eyebolts to apply the lift. All that kind of got in the way and I was forced to just step in and do it!
I've found that the tough part is stepping over the bumper with your arms full of floppy sheetmetal. Take the bumper off first if you aren't confident in your ability to high step!
 
put towels between the hood half's to prevent chipping the paint . have a plan b 4 you start . i do it all the time by myself ..........
 
Maximum access without actually lifting: drape a piece of soft cloth over the whole hood to protect paint. Open hood on both sides, supervising your cloth so it stays between the hood top panels and over the sides, bring hood fully up so both top panels are vertical and together, and run a bungee cord from one handle over the top to other handle. Handles can be nicely padded with a piece of heater hose split to go over them. Take care in the padding, choose a bungee that exerts fairly low pressure, choose a piece of cloth that won't get you divorced...
 
I take them off from the right side.I fold the hood up,with the two tops together.Left side still hanging down.If the paint is a worry I stick a towel between the two parts.Then I grab the front and rear,near the hinge pin,pinching the two top halves together with my fingers.I just slide it out of the front retainer,and pick the whole thing up.I got used to doing it from the right because my trucks have the spare tire on the left.If you forget to unlatch the hood on the drivers side you will figure it out in a hurry.
 
I've done the side-lift method a few times (1930 Tudor), but my paint isn't that great. It helps to put a piece of hose between the top pieces and between your fingers, not too near the hinge, so you dont rub the hood tops together excessively.

It's also good to store the hood on its rear edge on a rug or carpet, somewhere where kids, dog or wife won't knock it over or drop a suitcase on it while trying to remove same from a high shelf (don't ask me how I know).
 
Ron Lowe said:
Getting ready to fix my wobbling fan problem. I don't have anyone to help me lift off my hood. Has anyone ever made something to hold the hood after you remove the radiator. I have fresh paint on the hood. My only neighbor is Dad and he's 87. Thanks Ron
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On a restored car the hood hinge pins were likely freed up and restored along with the rest of the car. My 3 door hood is very heavy so I slip the side hinge pins out and remove the hood sides first. The top is easy to handle without the sides.

Rainmaker Ron
 
I put both sides up, use my arms like a forklift in the curved portions of the hood and it comes right off. No need to get all fancy or take things apart... :)
 
All good idea's, If you don't have carpet to set it on, I have used a large piece of cardboard, Also be carfull with the rear hinge hold down when you lift the hood as it can come off and fall down behind the eng. and get hung up, most of the time it will fall to the floor or on top of the gas tank.
If this is your first time it sure would be nice to have an extra set of hands.
Good luck. ;)
 
Here is my solution: This from a bicycle hoist. The pulleys are mounted on plywood which is attached to the ceiling with a distance apart less than the length of the hood. This keeps the hooks on the hood.
 

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