FW: Hood Lifts

[Marc Gallagher <mgallagher@Langan.com>]

> Did the hood lifts this weekend.  Very easy job.  50 of the best bucks I
> spent.  Big thanks to the archives and Mike, John and Erik for the
> instructions.  The only thing I did differently (at least not mentioned in
> the write up) was cut a slot in the foam rubber spacer attached to the
> hood.  I put a lift on both sides.  One lift held the hood open but I felt
> a stiff wind would have caused a concussion in my future.
> 
> *Actual* construction time was about 20 minutes total.  Of course it took
> me two trips to Pep Boys and Home Depot after one of the stupid ball point
> bolts sheered off while tightening!  I took it back to PB and they were
> "gracious" enough to give me a replacement.  I said bad steel, they said
> over-tightening.  Shearing off a 5/16 bolt with a short crescent wrench by
> hand?  Seems unlikely.  So after picking up a bolt extractor at Home
> Depot, I drilled out the remnants of the bolt (without the extractor as it
> turned out).  So total time on the project was about 2 hours, if nothing
> went wrong it would have been about 20 minutes!
> 
> Marc
> 97'  GLX - Red/Black
>