with the only problem being on the passenger side, you have the heater in
the way and as far as I could tell you have to remove the heater to get to
the hinges on that side???
Deve Krehbiel
Hesston, Kansas
1950 3100 * 1949 3600
www.speedprint.com/Deves50/index.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "joe" <chevy1@jps.net>
To: <sub53@ns1.nantucket.net>
Cc: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] '53 GMC Hood alignment
> Hum, that different!!!
>
> Here's what I'd do if the truck came into my shop:
>
> Loosen the driver side support rods and tighten the passenger side to see
if
> that helped
> loosen the radiator to frame support brace bolts and see if I could slide
> the front-end over to help in the alignment
> The rear hinge braces may be bent slightly in or out causing the
> misalignment. Sometimes they need to be bent "in or out" to let the hood
> lay down straight.
>
> You could also just have one side sitting lower than the other and could
> shim below the radiator support and raise up more on the rear of the front
> passenger fender.
>
> P.S. the rear hood hinge plate is adjustable "UP AND DOWN". If you look
at
> the side you can see where bolts tighten from inside the cab toward the
> outside. You have to reach way up into the corner to access them but this
> will allow you to make a slight adjustment to the rear of the hood and
> possible bring that side down into contact with the bumpers.
>
> Joe Garcia
> 1950 Chevrolet 3100
> 1950 Willys Jeepster
> 1970 Chevy
> etc.,
> Yuba City, Ca
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <sub53@ns1.nantucket.net>
> To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 12:12 PM
> Subject: [oletrucks] '53 GMC Hood alignment
>
>
> > Truckers,
> >
> > I'm driving my truck again after a ten year layoff. If youb look at the
> > front of the truck the
> >
> > hood is sitting slightly to the drivers side so the bumpers are not
> > touching at all on the
> >
> > passengers side. How do I adjust this? The latch is not adjustable, as
you
> > all know. Is it in the
> >
> > hinges?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> > Bob
> > Bob Day
> > Picking with EElgrass
> > 1953 GMC 1/2 ton
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> >
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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