My main fear was loosening the bolts and not being able to get them rethreaded...I feel better now about loosening them and jacking them around to see if I get a fit. My hood sags a good 8-10 inches from highest point held open so the springs are gone I guess also.
ok, for the springs.... mine did that too...I bought new OER springs $30 I think they were ,thought it was the best $30 spent...but NOOO... after 2 years they sagged the same amount...not very good new replacements...I bought them from Classic , for Camaro w SS hood ,supposedly the correct ones...
so.....to come uop with a solution... I did...installed these...and now 5 yrs later hood stays up to 98%... I found that Volvo 240`s had double hood springs during the 80-s` after they changed hood design...the inner springs of a 240 will fit INSIDE the GM springs on the bird , dont show up , and you dont even need to remove the GM springs to fish them in there!
find a used Volvo 240 on a junk yard..! Volvo springs are painted body color , so if you can find them off a black or grey car is best ,otherwise just spray them black....nobody will know they are there, and they work well in conjuntion with the GM springs!!
the idea came from a guy in Canada...he suggested some Honda springs...I got those ,they did not work, would not fit inside the GM springs.,then my buddy ,who services, repairs ,restores VOlvos had me check these 240 springs!
Now that is awesome, Its amazing the ingenuity...I will make my way to a U-wrench it soon then.
