Hood Mount Stripped
As luck would have it, AutoZone had the OEM Tools Fix It Thread kits (same as helicoil) on sale for over half off. Got it installed and plan to reinstall the hood tomorrow when my friend can give me a hand.
Word of warning to potential users of this kit. The version with the bright green coated installation tool has a collar with a set screw to set the depth of the insert into the work piece. The set screw requires an Allen wrench that appears to be a size that nobody in the world uses! I am pretty well equipped tool-wise and I could not find an Allen wrench that would fit the set screw and they do not include a wrench in the kit. The closest I could find was a 1mm, but it was a touch too small and a 1.5mm was too big! WTF? I installed the insert anyway without the collar in the correct position.