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Greg R

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I'm swapping hoods on my 1971 1210 pickup. The donor hood has had the retaining nuts, (the welded ones inside the blisters that the spring hinges bolt to), rusted/broke off.

Anyone have workable fixes for that. I've thought of nutserts, but the holes left from the rusted welds holding the old nuts are too big. The hinge arms are just wide enough for the old 3/8" bolts. Thank you.
 
The inner fenders are rusted out at the hood hinge attach points, correct?

The various Scout light line dealers sell patch panels to repair this area.

One panel per side which contains two new weld nuts.
 
No, the spring hinges themselves, and attachments, are fine. It's the welded nuts in the hood that the bolts screw into to attach the hood to the hinge that have broken free. They are welded in pockets that the top skin covers, and then the hood is spot welded all over.
 
I'd use around a 3/16" drill and make 4 holes through the sheet metal and just a bit into the nut around the edge of the nut. Then weld up the holes and you're good to go.
 
Same problem on my Scout but my hood has a plate floating inbetween the the sheet metal I just drilled bigger hole and tapt them out as for the welded nutz u May try a reverse drill hoping it comes out with that if not than try a extractor if no on that just drill it bigger and weld a new nut to the big hole if that helps it is a lil bit of a hack way but it will work
 
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