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hkgmillette


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On Monday, I took the Chevelle out to get the last of the tranny break-in miles on it.  When I was getting close to home, I noticed that the hood was moving more than normal.  When I got home, I popped the hood and found that the hood latch pin had come out of the mount in the hood.  When I looked at it, it really did not have that many threads in the mount.  I never looked for how many threads it had on it, when I restored the car.  I just took it to the powder coating shop.  Needless to say, a new one has been ordered.  Thank goodness for hood pins.



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Hankster

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'71 Chevelle SS frame-off, restro-mod, 402/375hp, Tremec TKO 600 5-speed, 3:90 12-bolt posi

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The threaded part looks too short, it should be long enough so you can adjust the closed height of the front of the hood and there should be room for a jam nut. Does the stud look broken at the threads?

Glad the hood pins were there!!!!



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When I ordered the new one, I saw it had more threads then the one I have. The new one does come with a jam nut. If it did not, I was going to add one.



-- Edited by hkgmillette on Wednesday 27th of May 2020 07:35:06 AM

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