Gas strut Installation

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Major System Category: Body (Hood)
Task: Install hood gas struts
Parts: Kit struts and mounts
Prerequisite Tasks: Mount the hood
Additional Costs: N/A
Time Requirement: 90 minutes
Date Started: September 30, 2012
Date Completed: September 30, 2012
After the hood is connected to the chassis, the gas struts need to be install. The alternative is to rely on the venerable Mark 1A 2x4, which has the annoying habit of slipping out of place. This can be annoying if one is under the hood at the time.

Strut mount next tot he forward upper control arm. Orientation:  Driver's side.

Strut installed. Note the skinny side of the strut points down, and the  mount stud point toward one another.

The lower mount connects to the chassis member next tot he front upper control arm. The Factory Five mounting method is fairly strong. I took my straight edge and ran lines to find the approximate intersection point for the hood mounts. This is a good approximation. Before I went ahead and riveted the hood mounts in place, I used the gas strut to verify the location. The mount stud end up facing each other. This requires the  strut openings to be rotated to accommodate this arrangement.