How do I quiet down my hood and hold in place

My hood is very flimsy and week i need ideas on how to strengthen it up and its loud everytime i hit a bump it smashes and opens the hood up how do i hold it inplace and quiet it down!?

Buy some short rubber bungee cords and take the hook out of one end of each.
Run a bolt with washer through the open hole in the rubber and attach to the hood.
Cut a slot somewhere on the body of the tractor, where you have to pull on the cords to hook the bungees.

Look at my build (in my sig) if you need a picture.

Either that, or put a bolt through your dash and a small hole in the hood so when you close the hood, the bolt will pass through the hole. Then you can just put a wingnut on it.

As for strengthening it, you just need to get creative with some metal. 1/4" bar stock or some small pipe (like 1/2 OD) will work fine.

lane85 wrote:

My hood is very flimsy and week i need ideas on how to strengthen it up and its loud everytime i hit a bump it smashes and opens the hood up how do i hold it inplace and quiet it down!?

Buy some cheap hood straps for a snowmobile, they work good

you could juat take the hood off all together

Glue some small rubber bits in vibrating locations, to have them not vibrate - and strap it down as mentioned above.

Get some rubber washer and put them in all places where the hood would touch the body or chassis and put a bolt through it. The rubber washer will keep it from vibrating on metal to metal contact making it quieter. As far as making the hood stronger that's up to you

get some cheap rubber fuel line, slit it (careful with the knife) and run it around the edges of the hood that make contact with the dash. also, cut a couple circular pieces and wedge them in the hood hinges between the hood and the chassis, like a washer. no noise... or far less...

Good ideas what everyone says..but please have a hood.

I seen some nasty stuff happen to people who didn't have one on.

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Thats what happens when the front end locks and you flip over and land on the engine with no hood. Yep..thats me...lol

Kel wrote:

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Thats what happens when the front end locks and you flip over and land on the engine with no hood. Yep..thats me...lol

Ouch! I know how that feels *rubs hip*

dirt racing modifieds have these things called zues clips i think thts how its spelt

mudmonkey06 wrote:

dirt racing modifieds have these things called zues clips i think thts how its spelt

Yeah iv heard of those clips but dont know how good they are.

truckin42 wrote:

mudmonkey06 wrote:

dirt racing modifieds have these things called zues clips i think thts how its spelt

Yeah iv heard of those clips but dont know how good they are.

they are pretty good my step dad has the on his ice racer modified all you need to open them is a flathead screwdriver

They are called dzuz fasteners, or quarter turn fasteners. There are several manufcturers of them.

Chopperhed wrote:

They are called dzuz fasteners, or quarter turn fasteners. There are several manufcturers of them.

i knew i was spelling them wrong lol