hood

[wheels]

I must have missplaced the holes. I was going to put the hood on today and found only two bolt holes in the hood one on each side instead of two. I took the hood off about a week ago and thought nothing of just two bolts being it has 50 years of being messed with. This leaves me with a question of what year hood is on it or what is missing. The truck is a 63.

[Toyz]

Must have been a 63 1/2 !
Are the slots there for the other set of holes? I'm guessing it's the front set that's missing.
Paul

[65fordguy]

as far as I know.. i've removed a 61,63,64,65 hood... they all had 4 holes.. what im wondering is if your nut plate just moved and your not seeing the holes.. I had a problem with that on my 65.. hopefully thats just your problem.. because that would look like you only had 2 holes.

[wheels]

I looked again today and could not find any slots the two other holes are at least 12 inches away. The front holes are the ones missing. Could there be a plate missing that goes between the hing and hood? I don't think the hinges have been changed.

[Toyz]

I suspect the retainer clips are missing . They should look just like the existing ones, and are certainly needed to avoid hood damage. They actually mount inside the hood inner panels to provide anchors for the hood capscrews.
Paul

[wheels]

I am not sure what you mean could you send some pictures I would post some but have problems. Icould send you some by e-mail if that would help.

[Toyz]

Hope this helps; you can see on this one where the plate has moved inside the slots. You might probe it with a screwdriver to see if the plate can be lined back up. From looking at the hood, I am nor sure how one would replace the backing plate which incorporates the threads for the capscrews.


Paul

[foodstick]

Wheels there is a heavy steel plate inside the hood tin. It is essentially two threaded nuts, made out of a flat piece of stock.


When the hood moves around it floats inside the tin area .. I would doubt it is gone, without some drastic damage showing somewhere. I suppose it could have slid over and been pinched, or rusted ... making it stay hidden? I sure didn't think that was possible however.

[Uncle Skip]

Screw a bolt (5/16-18) into the threaded hole you can see) finger tight, then use the bolt to move the the threaded nut plate around so it lines up back into the open hole.
When you get it back in place use some gorilla snot to hold it in place while you re-mount the hood....... Does this make any sense?

[Toyz]

People have been known to tighten the ---- out of the back two capscrews before attempting to start the forward two. I suspect that is what happened here. In this case that would mean the plates have moved in the direction of tightening rotation, probably leaving the front of the plate wedged in a position which makes the plate visible, but not the front holes. If this proves true, I would take Skip's suggestion slightly further and utilize a 3'' or so long 5/16" capscrew so you can obtain some leverage to loosen the plate, assuming it's stuck. If my diagnois is correct, tightening the capscrew will not be of assistance since you need it to move in the opposite direction. The plate may have just moved enough to cover the bolthole, but I think that's unlikely to have happened on both plates.
Like Foodstick stated, the plate is probably there, since it's loosely captured and is obviously in position for the rear hardware. It should not have been able to move enough to not block the front slots, so you should be able to see the plate. That leaves you the option to redrill and tap, if for some reason the plate can't be loosened, or is found to have a broken capscrew in it (not an unusual occurance).
There's other tricks to reposition the plate if it gets down to it, but this should be confusing enough for a start
Good luck
Paul