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**Ironangel** · 05-15-2016, 06:37 AM

I'm thinking/hoping that spring is a factory air item because my truck dont have it. My truck(s) dont have factory air and I noticed they dont have that little white gizzy with what looks like a shaft running through it...? I had my cowl off to epoxy in some stainless screen door material to keep the trash out, and to install a new hood to cowl seal. Like everyone else the hood was a little resistant to the new rubber so I gave it a good shot of WD-40 and "Wahlah!" she hood closed more easily and after a couple of days of engine heat the hood sits as good as ever...~Ghostrider~

05-15-2016, 06:37 AM	#18
Ironangel Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Falls City, Nebraska "100 Miles From Nowhere" Posts: 2,219	Re: Installing New Hood to Cowl Seal Question I'm thinking/hoping that spring is a factory air item because my truck dont have it. My truck(s) dont have factory air and I noticed they dont have that little white gizzy with what looks like a shaft running through it...? I had my cowl off to epoxy in some stainless screen door material to keep the trash out, and to install a new hood to cowl seal. Like everyone else the hood was a little resistant to the new rubber so I gave it a good shot of WD-40 and "Wahlah!" she hood closed more easily and after a couple of days of engine heat the hood sits as good as ever...~Ghostrider~ __________________ Michael of the clan Hill, "Two Seventy Two's" 71 1-ton Dually 350 4-Speed 71 C/50 Grain Truck, 350 Split-Axle 4-Speed 02 3/4 ton Express 14 Indian Chief Vintage 1952 Ford 8N, "Only Ford Allowed On The Property" "Be American, Buy American"