70 duster hood pops up on the drivers side when I install the hood release spring

Hello, been messing with this for about six hours, I aligned the hood and adjusted the rubber bumpers without the latch pop up spring, see picture. and the hood laid flat resting on the bummers on either side. The latch closed and everything looked good.
Then I installed the spring, and the driver side pops up about a 1/4 of inch.
I lost the original spring and got a new one from classic industries, I got the hood to close and line up right, but I had to heat the spring and removed some of the travel.
Ordered another spring and made sure everything was correct before I installed it and I have the same problem.
Anybody have this problem? I’m stumped.

Thanks Scott