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Re: Pop up Hood Spring / Paint Protection
[Re: faud88]
#1296575
09/04/12 02:08 PM
09/04/12 02:08 PM
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St. Louis, Mo
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Rubber pad from a Ford Windstar hood spring. Fits our Mopar springs perfectly. I bought mine new at the Ford dealer, spring and cap, for 12.00. I'm told that Ford has no more, as apparently us Mopar guys bought them all...  The Ford spring is the same physical size, but the OD of the actual coil wire is smaller, so it has less pop-up pressure. I tried using the Ford spring as-is, but sometimes it would pop-up, sometimes not, so I placed the rubber pad on my original Mopar spring. It's a great solution, and I've had many of my Mopar buddies comment on how nice it looks and works...  Bet you could find one at Pick-N-Pull.
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Re: Pop up Hood Spring / Paint Protection
[Re: 318 Stroker]
#1296577
09/04/12 04:40 PM
09/04/12 04:40 PM
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Rubber pad from a Ford Windstar hood spring. Fits our Mopar springs perfectly. I bought mine new at the Ford dealer, spring and cap, for 12.00. I'm told that Ford has no more, as apparently us Mopar guys bought them all...
The Ford spring is the same physical size, but the OD of the actual coil wire is smaller, so it has less pop-up pressure. I tried using the Ford spring as-is, but sometimes it would pop-up, sometimes not, so I placed the rubber pad on my original Mopar spring.
It's a great solution, and I've had many of my Mopar buddies comment on how nice it looks and works... Bet you could find one at Pick-N-Pull.
you have a picture of this?
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Re: Pop up Hood Spring / Paint Protection
[Re: LimeliteAero]
#1296578
09/04/12 05:48 PM
09/04/12 05:48 PM
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St. Louis, Mo
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Rubber pad from a Ford Windstar hood spring. Fits our Mopar springs perfectly. I bought mine new at the Ford dealer, spring and cap, for 12.00. I'm told that Ford has no more, as apparently us Mopar guys bought them all...
The Ford spring is the same physical size, but the OD of the actual coil wire is smaller, so it has less pop-up pressure. I tried using the Ford spring as-is, but sometimes it would pop-up, sometimes not, so I placed the rubber pad on my original Mopar spring.
It's a great solution, and I've had many of my Mopar buddies comment on how nice it looks and works... Bet you could find one at Pick-N-Pull.
you have a picture of this?
I can take a picture for you. Haven't figured out how to post it to Moparts yet, but I can e-mail it to you. If you can post it here for the other members, that would be great.
I'll take the pic this evening and e-mail to you.
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Re: Pop up Hood Spring / Paint Protection
[Re: 318 Stroker]
#1296579
09/04/12 06:22 PM
09/04/12 06:22 PM
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Rubber pad from a Ford Windstar hood spring. Fits our Mopar springs perfectly. I bought mine new at the Ford dealer, spring and cap, for 12.00. I'm told that Ford has no more, as apparently us Mopar guys bought them all...
The Ford spring is the same physical size, but the OD of the actual coil wire is smaller, so it has less pop-up pressure. I tried using the Ford spring as-is, but sometimes it would pop-up, sometimes not, so I placed the rubber pad on my original Mopar spring.
It's a great solution, and I've had many of my Mopar buddies comment on how nice it looks and works... Bet you could find one at Pick-N-Pull.
you have a picture of this?
I can take a picture for you. Haven't figured out how to post it to Moparts yet, but I can e-mail it to you. If you can post it here for the other members, that would be great.
I'll take the pic this evening and e-mail to you.
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Re: Pop up Hood Spring / Paint Protection
[Re: faud88]
#1296582
09/05/12 12:40 AM
09/05/12 12:40 AM
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St. Louis, Mo
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Thanks for all of the ideas. I would love to see the ford setup as well if anyone has a pic.
I e-mailed the pics to LimeLiteAero. Not sure if they went thru. Just got a new computer, but sent them from the old one, as I know how to use it better. I know that sounds goofy...don't ask... 
If he got them, he'll post them. If not, I'll figure out how to send them to you...
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Re: Pop up Hood Spring / Paint Protection
[Re: RTshaker]
#1296586
09/05/12 11:27 PM
09/05/12 11:27 PM
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Harrisburg, Pa.
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Small section of rubber windshield washer hose over end of spring .
Same here...Cut to length and slip it over the center section...Not too noticeable and does the job perfectly..
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Re: Pop up Hood Spring / Paint Protection
[Re: 6pkaar]
#1296587
09/06/12 05:47 AM
09/06/12 05:47 AM
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Medina, Ohio
HEMICUDA
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I wonder how the "plastic-dip" stuff would hold up on the the first couple coils? That would be less conspicuous than a full rubber bumper.
That's what I use and it works perfect. You have to make absolutely sure you only dip the very last coil of the spring at the very top or the hood will not close. I got that figured out the first time I did it.
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Re: Pop up Hood Spring / Paint Protection
[Re: robertop]
#1296589
09/06/12 10:11 PM
09/06/12 10:11 PM
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Right, I just went to a local Ford dealer and was told they are no more available, so the best bet is to find one in a junkyard, I guess.
could someone confirm if it was a WINDSTAR or a AEROSTAR?
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Re: Pop up Hood Spring / Paint Protection
[Re: faud88]
#1296590
09/06/12 10:25 PM
09/06/12 10:25 PM
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So Cal
Sinitro
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My fix for the mentioned issue is for the other end, on the hood. I took a body washer about 1.25" in diameter and mounted it with a single self tapping screw. So now the spring has a solid contact surface to push on.. Just my $0.02... 
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Re: Pop up Hood Spring / Paint Protection
[Re: 6pkaar]
#1296591
09/06/12 11:25 PM
09/06/12 11:25 PM
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