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Week 6-Hood Removal/Sanding the Hood3/29/2024 The worst part (imperfection/body wise) of the truck.
The main reason that I took the hood off was so that I could thoroughly work around the whole thing. Having the hood off of the truck made the hood a lot more accessible as well as made it a lot easier to put it under light and see where all of the imperfections are. The first thing that I had to figure out was how/what needed to happen to get the hood off. After inspection, I noticed that there are 4 stainless steel bolts that hold the hood on, along with a hose for windshield washer. I realized that I would have to find a way to detach the hose. The best way I figured to do this was cut it, being that I am wanting to replace that hose anyway because it was rubber and it was brittle, therefore, I did not feel to bad when I cut it. I had my dad help me with the removal of the hood as it was fairly heavy, and there was not a good way to get it unbolted while holding it, if I was alone. After the hood was off, I did what I did to the rest of the truck and went over it with a light and a marker before I started sanding down on it. This helped me pick my points of priority being that there were a ton of imperfections in the hood. I repeated the process once again and got to the first sanding step, taking off a good bit of material. After I did that, I went back over it with a light, marked the areas again, and started over until all of the areas that could be solved by sanding were almost perfect. There are several divots that I am going to need to put filler putty in, but I got it sanded.
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