2 New Questions for the '49 Chrys

[rb1949]

Map light now works off the doors. It's a switch problem. This buggy only has one, near the center. Too dim for me. And again, no map light switch. Headlight switch does not turn to activate interior lamps. Hooked up the toggle switch for the trunk light, perfect. Small successes are good.

[rb1949]

Finished making the 'plates' to mount the new switches for the front doors.Ready to install. Snitched some LED's from a flashlight, put them in a bracket, and will wire up for an underhood light with a switch. Such goofy ideas. All was going well, until I tried to close the hood. BANG SNAP. The "pin" holding the spring arm to the body bracket came off. Dang, nice scratch in the fender. Found piece. It's a 'shoulder pin' and attached like a rivet, no threads. Anybody know the size? Will get measurements Monday. Will try to find a correct shoulder "bolt" to replace, or have to have one machined. The arms that attach to the hood are the same. (Rivets). To remove the hood, you loosen 3 bolts holding the spring assembly to the body, the hood comes off with the spring assembly still attached. Kinda dumb. So my first major repair. If you have tackled this, any comments welcome.

[Dodgeb4ya]

1949-50 chrysler hood hinges are junk. Seen that happen many times.

[rb1949]

Gosh DodgeB, thanks for telling me NOW! Guess it was due to snap, where ever I may have been. Starting to look quite dastardly, and may have to use a body shop. The arm did bend. GRRRR.

Got multiple dimensions on the shoulder 'pin', which nothing matches. But have several clever ideas for a suitable replacement, which should improve the hookup. If others have experienced this on a '49, what was your repair solution? Since the hood will probably have to come off, might be a good time to 'repair/change' the other side as well. Will update how things go.

[Dodgeb4ya]

Try Dennis Bickford..he's a Chrysler T&C guy...he makes lots of hard to find parts for 1941-50 Chrysler Town and Country cars. He might make the hinge rivit  pins.

Ph # 575-443-1160

[rb1949]

SUCCESS. Hood hinge is repaired. The guy said bring it in for a look. Glad I picked today. Pulled it in the shop, he looked, and started grabbing wrenches. "Let's fix it." Holy Cow, didn't expect that! And yes, the '49 hinge does come off. Totally didn't notice a bracket attached to the hood with 2 bolts. (under the lip of the hood) Plus 2 bolts holding a hood cross-member to it. That made things easier. The bracket on the firewall had 1 bolt outside, 2 bolts from inside. Now you can remove the hinge. Clever action with multiple large tools got the bent arms back in shape. Lucky I did have the original "pin", which was put back and welded in place. (The pin doesn't turn, the bracket rotates on the 'shoulder"). They quickly reinstalled the hinge, made a few adjustments, and it works. Plus this was a body shop, making sure things were properly aligned. The investment for the repair saved me the hassle of fighting with it. Depends on what you consider is a savings for some projects. I'm happy. Hope this ordeal is helpful to someone else who may experience similar challenges.

[Dodgeb4ya]

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Edited March 23, 2016 by Dodgeb4ya

[Dodgeb4ya]

This is the last one I replaced... someone tried using a bolt as a replacement most likely because the rivet pin got lost.

 

You got a good shop to fix your hood hinge!

Edited March 23, 2016 by Dodgeb4ya

[rb1949]

The caption says C-45 thru 1949, but the item is marked '50 T&C. Way different than mine, not enough arms. I had a pocket full of bolts for the anticipated repair. Didn't expect the fast action, so didn't have a camera for photos. Looking at the '49 body parts diagrams, the hood hinge assy is listed as P/N 1306800. PS: did have a '49 hinge replacement via a fellow member, but would have been 3-4 weeks wait. Now on to other important issues. Thanks for following along, and experienced advice.

[Dodgeb4ya]

I should have looked the 1949-50 chrysler hood hinges up in the parts books for both 1949 and 1950. 

There are several different hood hinges used depending on the production serial # of the cars.

Shame on me again!

I did see that your right hood hinge is also used on D33 and D34 1950 Dodge cars.