On Saturday 26 November 2011 10:58:58 you wrote:
> I had to replace my passenger-side hood spring hinge and now the hood won't
> close. The old hinge broke the weld on the non-pivot arm up at the hood.
>
> I put the new one on (and taking a hint from someone else... spray-painted
> the silver hinge a blue to better match the truck. Apparently I either
> spray-painted too much and froze the pivot points, or the hinge itself is
> frozen.
I'd work the hinge by hand, without the hood attached, to see what it's doing.
It could be that the noise you hear is coming from the hinge itself.
> What do I do now? The truck is in my parents garage and I can't pull it
> out with the hood fully open... and I can't close it.
Pull the hood off entirely?
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