Hood alignment


IHC in the early to mid-fifties.

Yard Art
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Post Sun Jul 15, 2018 6:07 pm

Hood alignment

Any ideas how to get my hood straight? I tried every I can think off
-Cab is pretty square on the frame
-loosened all sheet metal mounting bolts.
-tried to suck everything thing over with tie down
-re tightened but it is still tight to. The passenger side.
-gap across cowl is even as well

All can think to do is use a black plastic slider that won't scratch the paint to help hold the hood square and to eliminate the 1/4" gap I have between the hood and fenders
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Post Mon Jul 16, 2018 12:09 am

Re: Hood alignment

Need wider angle shots, but there were rubber bumpers on those hoods to fender space, They are NOT supposed to be tight like new cars. Just my thoughts. Others will probably speak up.
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Post Mon Jul 16, 2018 12:41 am

Re: Hood alignment

Heres a link to a recent board discussion on R-hoods
hope it helps..

viewtopic.php?f=55&t=9288&p=70876#p70876

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Post Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:05 pm

Re: Hood alignment

Oldinternationaltrucks.com in Lethbridge has the kit in stock for the rubber hood bumpers and corners


https://oldinternationaltrucks.com/part ... 1950-1956/

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Post Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:10 pm

Re: Hood alignment

ibesq is absolutely correct.
I posted a method of getting the hood to fit the best it can, not all that long ago. The procedure is very much like that for the fat fender Fords. If a person were to use the forum search it should be easy enough to find. Lloyd is good at this sort of thing, maybe, if he has the time, he could post a link.
The short method is to align the back edge of the hood with the cowl. Once this is done, all of the front sheetmetal is lined up with the hood. This grill will be the next bit followed by the inner fender aprons and finally the fenders.
Get over the larger fender to hood gaps. This is part of the design for allowing hot air from the radiator and under-hood to escape. For some reason the totally escapes me, IHC installed panels that mostly closed the gap between the frame and the engine oilpan. I suspect this may have been a mud and gravel deflector that was more of a dirt trap than deflector. These three panels block air movement out of the engine compartment. I have one complete set and possibly two sets for the "L" and the "R" pickups. I will not be shipping them, but is a person really need these removable panels I might consider posting pictures with measurements. (maybe)
The picture if for reference only. This is the front panel. It is shown here with a Cummins 4bta in the L110. I may reproduce these panels in stainless steel.
Something else to seriously consider is buying the rear corner rubber bumpers. If you do not use these bumper bits, fender damage will happen.
I know who has this right side tank. If that person recognises his tank, please keep me in mind as a potential buyer.
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Post Mon Jul 16, 2018 10:05 pm

Re: Hood alignment

Here are two more threads on Hood placement: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3029&hilit=hood+gaps
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5209&p=39007&hilit=hood+gaps#p39007

Nikki, I will keep it in mind.

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Post Tue Jul 17, 2018 3:14 am

Re: Hood alignment

Thanks I think the what I'll do is a mushroom cap style bump stops and get that kit that was mentioned thanks!

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Post Tue Jul 17, 2018 3:22 am

Re: Hood alignment

The first two are with about a 1/4" shim at the curl over the grill. which lines everything up pretty good
The second two are without the shim and the paint gets destroyed
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Post Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:20 am

Re: Hood alignment

Yep, rubber bumpers. Hey us farmers did not care so much about them, we just worked them, at least that is what the ones I talked to said.

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Post Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:57 am

Re: Hood alignment

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Doogybot wrote:The first two are with about a 1/4" shim at the curl over the grill. which lines everything up pretty good
The second two are without the shim and the paint gets destroyed

If you dont mind me asking, what color code did you use for that paint? Ive been hunting forever trying to find it. It looks good.
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