How can you put the hood spring back in its location? It seems that you would end up screwing up the paint in the base. What is the trick to do it right? Thank you, guys.

hood spring on what car ?

A little grease and painters tape and roll it back into place with your hand. Just redid mine as the previous owner painted it. Are you talking about the spring on the top of the grill support?

Rick.

Put wooden or plastic shims in one at a time and it will eventually slip in place. Remove said shims and you're done.

Very easy and no risk of slipping and cutting yourself or scarring up the paint.

Im not sure what either suggestion was talking about.
Im not clear on what was menat by "roll" the spring.
Im not clear what is meant by shimming either...Where are you placing the shims?

Sorry about the stupid questions...I guess Im dense today?

thanks guys!!!!!

I just took my spring out today so I could do some touch ups.

I am talking of the hood pop-up spring that attaches to its base on top of the grille for a 69 Roadrunner. On the last coil it has a small section of spring jutting out at right angle from the coil, and this fits in a raised tab with a punched hole; opposite to that a portion of the last coil must slip between the base of the grille and under a small retaining tab. I think that trying to compress the last coil is very hard to do if you slide it in without damaging the paint in the base
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