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Just to clarify - my stress cracks were in the middle of the hood. Looks like someone stood or sat on it. Once it started, rust set in. I would be very difficult for me to weld it and make anything straight ever again. Thought about bending a TIG rod to the shape and trying to weld then...

I tried this again yesterday with much better weather and enough light to see what I was doing. It took all of 30 seconds to remove the spring. Basically you rotate it out of its perch. I used a pry bar and also lightly loosened one of the retaining tabs. It came right out. It's actually...

My old m1009 hood was bent and had stress cracks. Rather than weld on another part of truck, I bought a new Korean steel hood. Now I need to transfer the "pop spring" (the one that makes the hood pop up when you pull the cable) and the safety latch as well. Yesterday I pried on the old one...