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ghackett1 10-21-2018 08:24 AM

68 chevelle hood hinges frozen
 
Hello everyone. I am restoring a 68 el camino ss and when I purchased the project I removed the original hinges. 5 years later I am going through the sheet metal gapping process, bolted my hood on and the hood will not move ----- hinges frozen. I have been soaking it overnight (sprayed with PB40 Blaster and WD 40) but still no movement. It has the original 68 SS hood which is rare and solid and I don't want to bend it. Do you think just letting that penetrating lubricant soak in will eventually free them up?

chevymaher 10-21-2018 08:43 AM

It will takes a while. Mine were like that to.

ghackett1 10-21-2018 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chevymaher (Post 64142)
It will takes a while. Mine were like that to.

Ok, I'm hoping. I could switch to a 69 repo ss hood & 69 hinges but I want to keep the 68 set up. The 68 hood actually opens up higher than the 69 which I prefer also.

dconnor 11-20-2018 08:23 PM

Had good result using Sea Foam Deep Creep lube. This stuff is better than wd40.


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