Hood hinge has struts
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joeboy
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Im in the same hunt, this is the closest I’ve found.
Hood hinge repair or replacement
I broke a hinge yesterday, and wasn’t gonna miss a track day with my old high school buddies. So I’m rolling full white trash...
Hood hinge repair or replacement
I broke a hinge yesterday, and wasn’t gonna miss a track day with my old high school buddies. So I’m rolling full white trash...
I used 96 or so - 2006 or so Mitsu Montero rear hatch struts on my 65 Dart hood, which is under restoration. Others have done similar conversions on both hoods and trunk lids
Here is the part number of the GUDEN gas spring I used. You can access their website and search for others. Here is a picture of the spring installed on my 70 dart.
GGS26-P1=150 POUNDS EF110 5.50" STROKE, CHROME ROD
joeboy
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Awesome! Did you reinforce the kickpanel attachment area? Did the struts have the attachment balls/studs or did you source separately?
Thanks!
Joe
Thanks!
Joe
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Not sure who the question is addressed to but for me the ball stud that I attached to the hinge cane with the kit but I did have to go buy the nut (used a nylon lock nut). I did not need to reinforce the kick panel area.
joeboy
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Perfect. Thanks.
Joe, I ordered everything from Guden, ask for Karen Kavanagh
www.guden.com ** [email protected]
1-800-344-6437 x108 Fax: 1-631-737-2933
I made spacer blocks to align the gas springs so they are parallel and provide reinforcement
Grumpy Pete
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Do you think that same gas spring part number/installation would work on my earlier 65 A-body?
When I did the calculations for spring load, I used my hood weight of 85 pounds. So if your hood is stock, it should be alright. I used a bathroom scale to measure mine.
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I tried the Guden struts, they did not have enough strength to open the hood and it could barely keep it open at full stroke. So I got some for a 2004 Mitsubishi Montero, they are way better, a bit longer and all around beefier.
I also drilled/tapped the pivot pin and used a steel bushing on the hinge. This allowed the hinge to pivot on 1/2” worth of material instead of just the thickness of the hinge. The button head screw is there to help the hinge rotate on the pivot pin without trying to walk off it.
I also drilled/tapped the pivot pin and used a steel bushing on the hinge. This allowed the hinge to pivot on 1/2” worth of material instead of just the thickness of the hinge. The button head screw is there to help the hinge rotate on the pivot pin without trying to walk off it.
Grumpy Pete
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Did you use the Montero Liftgate struts? Or does it come with hood struts specifically?
Thanks for the photos,was wondering what to do.
pishta
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We were driving my friends Honda to Mammoth Mtn for some skiing (about a 6 hour drive) and his hood flew up and knocked the rear view mirror right off the windshield but didnt break it. It was all bent so we just took it off and ditched it on the side of the road. Never made it up: White out for the last 15 miles and the road closed so we ended diverting to Vegas instead...
You may want to take the bathroom scale out and try and position it so it is supporting the hood in the up position with some sort of strut from the location of the strut on the hinge to the scale to determine how much load is on the hinge itself. An 85 lb hood is going to exert way more lbs 6 inches from the fulcrum. Its a 3rd order lever: I measured a 10g plastic knife: lifting one end I got 7.7g (like force to hold up a hood at its lip), but when I weighed it on a fulcrum close to the edge (force to lift 6" from the hinge), I got almost 35g.
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some structural engineer can help us on this....anyone?
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Ben Drinkin
Hey bartender!
I was told there would be no math! I'm going back to bed..
pishta
I know I'm right....
there is no math if you just weigh its strut compression force. Make sure you support it where its designed to be or else you can taco the hood, likewise if you use too strong of lifts. You dont want a catapult.
loganscuda
This/These
. Not to ambush this thread but that is funny. When I was 16 my 63 Nova had a carb issue and would shoot a flame out of it so I left the hood off for a good show. Thought it was cool for awhile. Dumbass white trash hillbilly, Me.
loganscuda
This/These
I like the shocks on the outside. I think REALWING did shocks on his SRTCuda build thread but on the inside of the engine bay.
scooter318
My 71 DUSTYPAN
Did you use one or two struts ???
Two struts, one for each side of course. In the end I changed to 180 pound struts. Any number of vendors have 180 pound struts with a 5 inch stroke.
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