Shut Hood And Snorkel Plate Fell Off.

Was jumping a truck tonight with Willie and when I shut the hood the snorkel hole cover plate fell on the ground. Obviously bolts worked their way loose at some point. If I can’t find them in the morning, anyone know the original size?

 

Same thing happened to me 10+ years ago I used a pop rivet on the rear and I'm pretty sure a 1/4-20 on the forward hole. If you don't need it I would pop rivet both and make sure they swelled enough to not pull thru.

 

The earlier ones were bolted on like on my ‘56 and the later ones were spot welded in place. You should be able to bolt it back in place.

 

Mine was clearly bolted. No sign of spot weld.

 

Stock OEM 1956 = 1/4" coarse thread washer-head stove-bolts, with standard square nuts on top.

 

mine just has holes

 

Out of curiosity, did you clear the truck you were jumping ?

 

I was wondering what exactly he was doing? Any videos available??

 

I was just joking … {jump "starting" a truck}