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JedRhule |
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Regular Posts: 98 Location: Palm Beach County Florida | Does anyone else have trouble with weak hood springs? My 56 Custom Royal Lancer came with red springs and a hood prop stick, custom made from a 1 X 2, and painted Sapphire white. I bought a new set of springs from 1955 1956 DODGE BRAND NEW HOOD SPRINGS MOPAR CHRYCO NEW | eBay. The new springs were Black. They were weaker than the red ones. I see no alternate hood spring attachment point to change the tension like on the trunk lid springs. Has anyone tried pressurized struts? | ||
mikes2nd |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | they 57 ones i got off ebay/here work great on my 57 maybe the 55-56 use stiffer springs? | ||
56D500boy |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9855 Location: Lower Mainland BC | . Gerry: Sorry to hear about the eBay springs being weaker than the OE springs. I would have bought a set years ago if they were red. Mine hood springs, on my 56 Custom Royal sedan, were/are fine strength-wise, just the paint on them was poor. I ended up creating a tool based on one designed by Sven (Wizard) and was able to remove and reinstall the springs after painting them. I would never call them weak so I am sorry to hear that your OE and the eBay springs are not cutting it. Not sure what the solution will be. A good set of used springs from John at Big M?? REFERENCE thread: http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=75494&... | ||
JedRhule |
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Regular Posts: 98 Location: Palm Beach County Florida | I did a search for "Hood Springs" before I posted this question to the members and it did not show your thread from March 2021. That thread included everything that one would ever want to know about hood springs. | ||
JedRhule |
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Regular Posts: 98 Location: Palm Beach County Florida | Problem solved. I ordered two 24inch hood lift pistons from Redline Tuning. I only needed one to keep the hood open. Edited by JedRhule 2022-01-29 4:42 PM | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9604 Location: So. Cal | The Ebay springs worked great on my '56 Plymouth Fury. No issues at all. Is the Dodge hoood that much heavier that they need a different spec, or are your hinges worn out? | ||
JedRhule |
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Regular Posts: 98 Location: Palm Beach County Florida | Either too much chrome or too much bondo. | ||
JedRhule |
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Regular Posts: 98 Location: Palm Beach County Florida | I solved the problem. I installed a hood lift strut from Redlinetuning.com. A quality part and I installed it with two holes drilled. | ||
56D500boy |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9855 Location: Lower Mainland BC | JedRhule - 2022-01-29 3:49 PM Either too much chrome or too much bondo. JedRhule - 2022-02-05 4:38 PM I solved the problem. I installed a hood lift strut from Redlinetuning.com. A quality part and I installed it with two holes drilled. Gerard: Based on the photos that you sent me (and uploaded after resizing to 1024 x 768 (about)), I think your issue is the heavy non-factory undercoating that somebody applied to the underside of your hood. Your hood should be yellow on the bottom, not black undercoating. I would carefully remove it. (It won't be fun or easy). (Mine got painted black but the paint isn't as heavy as undercoating so my OE springs are fine. I might paint the underside the proper light blue (in my case)). Edited by 56D500boy 2022-02-05 9:30 PM (GerardWsHoodProp1.JPG) (GerardWsHoodProp2.JPG) Attachments ---------------- GerardWsHoodProp1.JPG (48KB - 77 downloads) GerardWsHoodProp2.JPG (44KB - 76 downloads) | ||
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