Hi Guys!
I pulled my hood prop bar out and in doing so the rubber grommet broke. :(
Anyone know where a replacement might be found?
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Hi Guys!
I pulled my hood prop bar out and in doing so the rubber grommet broke. :(
Anyone know where a replacement might be found?
Hey GTG, I had the same issue a few years back. Bought a pack of assorted grommets from either Advance Auto or Autozone, and made two separate sizes work. Large grommet with a smaller one inserted into it. Eventually just installed hydraulic cylinders for hood support.
^gas lifters are a win - a little bit of guesstimation to install them but they work brilliantly. Unnerving to have that big hunk of metal magically hovering over your head though lol. I think the right size grommet is still available, maybe go hunting on ebay for it.
On my truck page in my signature link below has the positions for inserting 2 gas charge lifts. It places them out of the way of when closing from anything in the engine compartment or hood.
I used a pair out of a Mazda RX7 liftback at the wrecking yard. You want stiff ones so it lifts the hood when you unhook the safety latch.
Very overlooked, but important part.
I have a write up on how I did mine . Just changed the hood struts to a set out of a jeep liberty. The jeep uses 1 strut so I grabbed 2 for mine and it works better then the first ones.
I had thought about the cylinders.
I had also checked ebay and the box stores, nothin.
I'll keep working the problem.
I found this kit on Amazon. It took forever to get here from China, but it did. And it works!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076P99SKF/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Here's the Amazon link again.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Ordering that up today. Appreciate the post. Saved many hours of searching. Thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by GotToGo