So some of you may have wondered at some point what the purpose of this hole is:
Well fuck if I know myself but I decided to come up with my own purpose and share my solution with you all.
This is the normal perch for the prop when the hood is open:
There seems to be another over here, obviously intentional:
What you need is the hood stay grommet:
These little fuckers are only $0.45 from Honda:
Which is the reason why I got four:
Pull your hood prop out and examine the end of it:
Cut off the s-tip leaving as much straight length as possible, grind it round if necessary:
Now carefully shove a grommet into the secondary hole, it's tight so try not to break any of the legs:
If the regular grommet broke, replace that as well:
Here is the hood propped at the regular height:
Here is the hood propped up at the secondary position:
Be amazed at how much fucking space there is now to do maintenance:
The reason for cutting the hood prop is the make removing it as easy as possible. If you don't do it then it will be nearly impossible to get it out and pop it back into the grommet easily. The grommet legs hold onto the prop somewhat so it will not slip out. Currently I have not figured out how to permanently move the hood prop to the secondary location and allow it to fold down and stow away across the engine, without looking retarded.
Well fuck if I know myself but I decided to come up with my own purpose and share my solution with you all.
This is the normal perch for the prop when the hood is open:
There seems to be another over here, obviously intentional:
What you need is the hood stay grommet:
These little fuckers are only $0.45 from Honda:
Which is the reason why I got four:
Pull your hood prop out and examine the end of it:
Cut off the s-tip leaving as much straight length as possible, grind it round if necessary:
Now carefully shove a grommet into the secondary hole, it's tight so try not to break any of the legs:
If the regular grommet broke, replace that as well:
Here is the hood propped at the regular height:
Here is the hood propped up at the secondary position:
Be amazed at how much fucking space there is now to do maintenance:
The reason for cutting the hood prop is the make removing it as easy as possible. If you don't do it then it will be nearly impossible to get it out and pop it back into the grommet easily. The grommet legs hold onto the prop somewhat so it will not slip out. Currently I have not figured out how to permanently move the hood prop to the secondary location and allow it to fold down and stow away across the engine, without looking retarded.