Hood Emblem Question
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Burning Brakes
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Hood Emblem Question
I replaced the rear gas door emblem.....hair dryer and dental floss......easy enough.
Before I scratch up anything, is the hood emblem held on by just adhesive or is it also bolted on like the gas door emblem?
Before I scratch up anything, is the hood emblem held on by just adhesive or is it also bolted on like the gas door emblem?
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If my memory serves me correct they are also held on by 10mm speed nuts. Use some grease on your deep well socket or one with a magnet as they fall off easily. They then slide from side to side inside the lip everytime you turn a corner! 
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06
Originally Posted by corvetteronw
If my memory serves me correct they are also held on by 10mm speed nuts. Use some grease on your deep well socket or one with a magnet as they fall off easily. They then slide from side to side inside the lip everytime you turn a corner!
grease, or the masking tape thing works too to hold the nuts into sockett. If you havent located them yet , raise your hood and look just under the "BOWLING GREEN" emblem and you'll see the two holes that access the nuts. If you're working alone it may be a good idea to put a bit of tape on the emblem itself as paint safegaurd so emblem cant fall loose when you remove nuts.
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Originally Posted by skateparkdave
grease, or the masking tape thing works too to hold the nuts into sockett. If you havent located them yet , raise your hood and look just under the "BOWLING GREEN" emblem and you'll see the two holes that access the nuts. If you're working alone it may be a good idea to put a bit of tape on the emblem itself as paint safegaurd so emblem cant fall loose when you remove nuts. 
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Burning Brakes
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I actually used a small drop of crazy glue on the socket side , placed it thru the hole, once on the nut, counted to ten, then removed them. Once it was time to replace them I wobbled the socket once they were tight and the socket came right off of the nut. No lost nut. JUST A SMALL DROP. Basically to keep the nut from falling.
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Originally Posted by Chewch87
Before I scratch up anything, is the hood emblem held on by just adhesive or is it also bolted on like the gas door emblem?
Did this myself a couple weeks ago; really helped the front of the 1985.
Last edited by j3studio; Oct 26, 2004 at 08:45 AM.
