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Putting spring on A body hood hinge #1039750 07/25/11 11:55 AM 07/25/11 11:55 AM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 175 Minnesota USA D Dart6pak OP member
Dart6pak OP member D Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 175 Minnesota USA	I had one of my springs pop off on a hood hinge --it is still attached in the center only came off the peg and sprung open. I know I can get to it through the access panel. Is there any trick to putting this back on.

Re: Putting spring on A body hood hinge [Re: Dart6pak] #1039751 07/25/11 01:09 PM 07/25/11 01:09 PM
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,233 petaluma,ca. u.s.a. west master
west master Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,233 petaluma,ca. u.s.a.	I'm not sure it will be easy with the fender on but I would use vise grips and leather gloves

Re: Putting spring on A body hood hinge [Re: Dart6pak] #1039752 07/25/11 08:12 PM 07/25/11 08:12 PM
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 257 albemarle, NC D dusterbd13 enthusiast
dusterbd13 enthusiast D Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 257 albemarle, NC	Quote: I had one of my springs pop off on a hood hinge --it is still attached in the center only came off the peg and sprung open. I know I can get to it through the access panel. Is there any trick to putting this back on. yup. tricks to remove the hinge assembly from the car (come out through the inner gender splash shield). then you have to preload the spring about 1 full turn hope that helps michael Michael Crawford CSP 1970 plymouth Duster back under construction: http://www.pro-touring.com/showthread.ph...ouring-makeover 1964 el camino beater shop truck 96403-project-drivabeater-2-0-64-el-camino-this-time

Re: Putting spring on A body hood hinge [Re: west] #1039753 07/25/11 09:32 PM 07/25/11 09:32 PM
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Mopar_Country pro stock Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,216 Under My Car	Quote: I'm not sure it will be easy with the fender on but I would use vise grips and leather gloves Yup, you can access it with the splash shield removed. Get one time around on the coil, get it over the tab, hope it don't do it again. I had to do the same thing, it can be done but it's a pain. Mine did it 3 times. After the last one I got the coil on there and zapped the end of the tab on the corner with my welder, enough to create a stop, just to pin it on.

Re: Putting spring on A body hood hinge [Re: Mopar_Country] #1039754 07/26/11 03:34 AM 07/26/11 03:34 AM
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Mcode69 enthusiast M Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 384 Australia	The other option to stop it happening again is drill the peg bit that the spring sits over and put a washer on it with a split pin or a bit of wire through the hole you drilled to keep it on.

Re: Putting spring on A body hood hinge [Re: Mcode69] #1039755 07/26/11 08:11 PM 07/26/11 08:11 PM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 175 Minnesota USA D Dart6pak OP member
Dart6pak OP member D Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 175 Minnesota USA	I ended up taking the hood hinge off and putting the spring back on---once remounted a couple of sweeps of the hood and it was almost off again. Luckily I had an extra set of hinges and swapped out the bad one---the shortest arm had a bend in it- Thanks for the suggestions

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