[BaadAssGremlins] Re: Hood spring whoa's and @%^%$!!!!

["Bill Renshaw" <lionwren@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, AMC74HORNET@... wrote:
>  Thanks Doc, Trust me I will let ya know how things go with 
the "BLUE HORNET" LOL! :) Bill Id. 
> Glad the lock trick worked with the ignition switch. I been doing 
this
> stuff for over 40 years so I have a bag full of tricks. Those hood
> hinges really suck in these cars. It has nothing to do with the 
springs.
> The pins wear from non-lubrication. Even when they are lubed they 
wear.
> I had that problem with my yellow car. I replaced the 74 hinges 
with 82
> Spirit ones. Spray the crap out of them with either WD 40 or what I 
have
> found is better called Blaster. I never saw an AMC that the hood fit
> properly after they were 10 years old. My yellow car's hood  has a
> slight bend in it from bad hood hinges. The orange one doesn't. 
Sorry
> about your friend, but relatives can be worse. Friends you can pick 
and
> they can go but bad relatives you are stuck with forever. I know 
from
> personal experience. Have a good day tomorrow. I hope the car 
starts for
> you.
> "Doc"
>







 
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