Where Does The Hood Prop Go?

Anyone got a pic of what the nest for the hood prop is supposed to look like? I'll probably just make something but I thought I might save myself the engineering time. Thanks

 

assuming that you have a 1973 jeep, any older than that the windshield is the hood prop. this should be moved to the intermediate forum section

 

It's a 1971. No assumptions please.

 

there we go, all information is good information. I based my assumption off of your screen name. silly me.
looks to be a simple L bracket with a hole in it, the rod stop is the rad/grill support rod.

 

Here is a shot of my hood prop with the L bracket. 1971 CJ5.

 

So it kind of rests on the grill support rod too. Thanks

 

You could make a work-alike replaement easily. The original bracket is maybe 16 ga and stamped with rolled edges to give it stiffness.

It's a 973857. Parts Dude makes a replacement, but it only resembles the original in shape and function.
https://stores.partsdude4x4.net/hood-prop-rod-grill-rest/

 

Here's a closeup of the original '71 bracket (although mine is in a different location due to cooling system mods:

 

So we have been wondering about this as well. For many years. Spent a little time at the work bench and made one. Ayden decided to add the grommet to keep things from scratching.