Steve
Sounds like the part you are missing is the bolt with the bullet nose. Look
on the hood and see if it broke or just unscrewd, as it is threaded in the
bracket and had a jam nut to lock it in place. It may laying in the grill
splash pan, but if not this bolt should be readily available, as I my '54 AD
hood and a '78 Camaro Hood sitting side by side in the shop and it sure
looks like the same part.
Lee
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Hanberg" <steve@OldSub.com>
To: "OleTrucks mailing List" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>;
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Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 9:25 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] My Suburban broke!
> Less than a mile from home, while driving to work this morning, suddenly I
> heard a clatter under the hood. The hood even jumped a little and then
the
> noise settled down. This all happened very suddenly, and I thought maybe
the
> fan belt had let loose, or maybe the fan had exploded.
>
> I pulled over to the side of the road, in the dark, and walked out front
to
> open the hood. The primary latch was already released, and after
releasing
> the secondary latch the hood came up, and I see pieces laying on the latch
> panel. A spring and a cup washer.
>
> I don't know what the piece that screws into the hood and enters the latch
> should be called, but its now missing, and I need one... Apparently it
either
> broke or unscrewed, and fell out. This time of year its very difficult
for me
> to be near home during daylight, so it may be Saturday before I could even
try
> to find the one that fell out. I don't expect to find it.
>
> Does this thing have a proper name? Anyone know where I can find one? My
> Suburban is a '55 1st series GMC. Is it the same as a Chevrolet? Any
help
> would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Steve@OldSub.com
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